![]() Lassiter and Culbreth (2015) noted that is an insecurely attached person's lack of trust in relationships can even extend to distrust of one's therapeutic relationship.Ĭompounding the challenge of an insecurely attached child is the trauma victim is likely to not be taught healthy emotional coping skills taught by trusted caregivers. This change in a victim's private logic will also be inextricably linked to the child's attachment style, with the likely result being an insecure attachment.Ī child with an insecure attachment style and a private logic that advises the child that others are not to be trusted, is likely to have difficulty establishing meaningful and healthy relationships as time progresses. Upon suffering caregiver-inflicted trauma, a child must not only deal with the trauma itself, but must also rebuild a private logic in which one's parent is no longer safe, no longer "there" for the child, and no longer worth the child's trust. A child who has first learned to trust one's caregiver, will already have established private logic that one's parents/caregivers are advocates who can be trusted beyond all others. The effects of this trauma on the child, in Adlerian terms, would be two-fold.įirst, and most obvious, would be the trauma itself, however of primary concern to this article is what amounts to a second, hidden level of traumatization - the reduction to rubble of the child's private logic concerning the trustworthiness of one's caregivers. The specific nature of the trauma could be varied, and range from physical, sexual, emotional abuse or abandonment by a parent. Meanwhile, Adlerian private logic deals with one's deepest and innermost assumptions/beliefs of life, self, and others.Īlfred Adler's conceptualization of one's private logic helps provide insight into why suffering trauma at the hands of a caregiver may require an extra dose of resilience on the part of a child. A securely attached child tends to grow into a person stable in relationships, and a person who utilizes healthy coping skills to regulate one's emotions in times of conflict or stress. Without the appropriate intervention, traumatic childhood experiences can result in significant and enduring adult mental health problems.Attachment Theory emphasizes the early forms of connection and bonding a with one’s primary caregivers. Exposure to a traumatic event can interfere with brain development for children and youth, and it is a risk factor for a number of potentially maladaptive outcomes including emotional, cognitive, behavioural, and social impairment. Traumatic experiences can produce physical, psychological and emotional reactions that last a lifetime. ![]() Approximately 85% of children involved in the child welfare system have been exposed to a traumatic event. ![]() Typically, these events are associated with intense feelings of fear, helplessness, loss of control and shame.Īs many as two thirds of children experience a traumatic event prior to age 16, and many children exposed to one traumatic event have also been exposed to additional adverse experiences. ![]() What is Childhood Trauma and How Does it Affect Children?Ĭhildhood trauma includes events such as experiencing maltreatment (physical, sexual and emotional abuse), witnessing domestic violence, community violence, abandonment, neglect, loss of a loved one, discrimination, and bullying. ![]()
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