by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Apr 14, 2022 | Thoughts for Families
If Dissociation is a disconnection between surroundings, one’s thoughts, memories, or actions then it is familiar to all of us. I remember seeing Jaws (Spielberg) for the first time. At the end of it, my date was unable to stand up for a while. He had been so wrapped...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Mar 17, 2022 | Thoughts for Families
Foster parents have a unique role in a foster child’s life. It is, by definition, a time limited relationship. Can love happen when the end is inevitable? Does the transient nature of a relationship imply anything about the quality of the commitment involved? I’d like...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Feb 14, 2022 | Thoughts for Families
I’m no expert in the field of neurology but I wrote my Master’s Thesis on Adolescence and spent many years of my career working with them and their parents as a therapist. There is an opportunity during this time to make a huge difference in the life of a young person...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Jan 12, 2022 | Thoughts for Families
One’s mental health is a fluid element of life. It includes our emotional well-being, our social relationships and our inner life, our sense of self. We come into the world with a brain more or less ready for the world then our experiences, both prenatal and upon...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Dec 15, 2021 | Thoughts for Families, Uncategorized
I’m going to focus on a concept possibly unfamiliar but worth your attention. Dosing is a word used by Dr. Bruce Perry of the Neurosequential Model to describe the role a caregiver has in controlling how much stress children with chronic trauma histories can...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Nov 11, 2021 | Thoughts for Families
I should apologize now. This feels more like a term paper than a blog but in my effort to be as clear as possible, it just became more and more academic sounding. I will try to wrap up in simpler language by the end! Last week in a support group, something was said...
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