Glossary · Concept
Attachment
The enduring emotional bond between a child and their caregiver. Secure attachment gives a child a base to return to and a base to launch from. Disrupted attachment is often at the center of developmental trauma.
Stretch 2 · Settling InDefinition
The enduring emotional bond between a child and their caregiver. Secure attachment gives a child a base to return to and a base to launch from. Disrupted attachment is often at the center of developmental trauma.
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Concept
Secure Base
A reliable, available caregiver the child can return to when the world feels too big. The phrase comes from attachment research and sits at the center of the Love and Acceptance wheel.
Concept
Developmental Trauma
The pattern of harm that comes from repeated, relational wounds during the years a child's brain and body are still forming. Different from a single traumatic event, developmental trauma shapes how a child relates to safety, to others, and to their own inner world over time.
Concept
Co-regulation
The steady presence of a calm adult that helps a dysregulated child return to their window of tolerance. Co-regulation is not a technique. It is a relationship.