When I was first studying psychology, thirty years ago, I learned that about 10-20% of children are born with a temperament that is highly reactive to anything new and unfamiliar. Some of these ...

It's not uncommon for adult children to avoid the drama of cutting their parents off for good by going 'low contact.' From setting boundaries and limiting personal topics of discussion to delaying ...

In The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller argues that mental illness is rooted not in one's genes, nor in a defective brain. It springs from the emotional suffering that comes when a child ...