What is Trauma? Explaining how trauma, whether physical, emotional, or relational, can affect a child’s brain and emotional development.
Early Signs of Trauma: How trauma manifests in different age groups (e.g., newborn trauma from a difficult birth, separation trauma in toddlers).
The Lasting Impact of Trauma: Exploring how unaddressed trauma in childhood can lead to emotional, social, and behavioral difficulties in later life.
Overview of Maté’s Ideas: Gabor Maté emphasizes that early childhood experiences, particularly trauma, have a significant impact on the brain’s development and a person’s emotional health. His philosophy focuses on the relationship between unmet childhood emotional needs and later emotional struggles or addictions.
The Importance of Emotional Safety: How parents and caregivers can create emotionally safe environments where children feel seen, heard, and validated.
Connection Over Correction: Maté advocates for a parenting style that focuses on emotional connection and understanding rather than discipline and correction. We can include tips on how parents can apply this philosophy in everyday life.
Early Intervention: Practical tools and therapies that help children heal from trauma, such as play therapy, art therapy, and family therapy.
Creating a Safe Space at Home: Steps parents can take to ensure their home is a trauma-informed space where children feel supported.
Parental Healing: Recognizing that often, parents have their own unresolved trauma. Providing resources for parents to address their trauma in order to parent more effectively.