Neurogenesis

By Deborah Pettitt | July 9, 2016

The Growing Brain

 

This is an amazing video of neurogenesis. It’s very encouraging to know that our brains continue to form new connections and prune old ones. This means that every time we respond calmly to our developmentally traumatized children we are teaching them that parents are safe instead of scary. Consistently calm parenting will eventually cause the negative connections to be pruned off since they are not used. This should give us all hope for change.

Posted in Research, Trauma

About Deborah Pettitt

am the Director of Family Christian Counseling Center of Phoenix and have extensive training and experience in treating children. I am one of a few Registered Play Therapist Supervisors in the state of Arizona. with training in Bruce Perry’s neurosequential model. I have taught Child and Adolescent Counseling at Fuller seminary. My specialty is helping children recover from trauma, abuse and neglect. I am skilled in treating attachment issues. Parents are always an integral part of this process.