Healing Developmental Trauma
by Laurence Heller, Aline Lapierre, Tom Perkins · first published 2015
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"Although it may seem that people suffer from an endless number of emotional problems and challenges, Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre maintain that most of these can be traced to five biologically based organizing principles: the need for connection, attunement, trust, autonomy, and love-sexuality. They describe how early trauma impairs the capacity for connection to self and others and how the ensuing diminished aliveness is the hidden dimension that underlies most psychological and many physiological problems. Heller and LaPierre introduce the NeuroAffective Relational Model(TM) (N
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…by traumatized people who have grown up in similar circumstances) There are a lot of good books about it if you search for Complex PTSD. One that I think covers a lot of information holistically is “Healing Developmental Trauma” by Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre
on “Tell HN: Call Mom” ↗Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship — By Laurence Heller and Aline Lapierre The Courage to be Disliked — By Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi Le monde…
on “Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021?” ↗…other extreme, over-adaption to others make relationships hard to attain or maintain, and feelings of hopelessness ensue. Good starting point for reading is the book: Heller, Laurence, Aline LaPierre: Healing Developmental Trauma. How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship, 2012
on “Some Days I Can’t Do Life – When everyday life becomes a struggle (2020)” ↗Hi, thanks for your comment. Your story touched me immediately in my heart. I can recommend you this book on your quest to get more insights and ideas for healing: "Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship" from Laurence Heller, PhD
on “Losing my son” ↗…consequences of this are altered metabolism and suppressed immune and inflammatory responses, neuronal irritability, and enhanced susceptibility to seizures. This is consistent with what I've read in the book Healing Developmental Trauma by Laurence Heller and Aline Lapierre: “When, for a child, this need-satisfaction cycle is significantly interrupted, healthy development is disturbed, and the environmental failure triggers both tension…
on “Abuse and the developing human brain (2000)” ↗Would you recommend Healing Developmental Trauma to non-therapists? I am interested in the topic of trauma and how to heal it but have zero training on the subject.
on “Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021?” ↗