Sarah GerstenzangManaging Verbal or Physical Abuse from ChildrenI once read a story* about American police officers visiting Scotland to learn how they police so effectively without guns; Scottish…Mar 26, 2017Mar 26, 2017
Sarah GerstenzangThe Body Keeps the Score in a nutshellBessel Van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score is the most comprehensive resource on trauma to date. He focuses on all types of trauma…Feb 10, 2016Feb 10, 2016
Sarah GerstenzangWhat Foster Care Could Learn from HospiceAt about 6 AM early in December, my mother told me that she wanted to bring my step-father home from the hospital for his last months. We…Feb 4, 2016Feb 4, 2016
Sarah GerstenzangI Wanted a Better Life for MyselfHow do children who have experienced traumatic childhoods heal and go on to lead productive and happy lives? I asked one of my older…Jan 18, 2016Jan 18, 2016
Sarah GerstenzangReference points for belonging*I was raised primarily by my mother and we spent most of our holidays and vacations with her family. It wasn’t until I was in my forties…Nov 29, 20151Nov 29, 20151
Sarah GerstenzangCaterpillars remember so your baby can too!My husband and I had this party trick when our son was an infant; we would recite, “In the great green room, there was a telephone and a…Nov 10, 2015Nov 10, 2015
Sarah GerstenzangMonkey See, Monkey Do: understand your own childhood to better parent your childrenMy mother once casually mentioned to me that if she had had more money, she would have enrolled us in more extra-curricular classes when my…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Sarah GerstenzangSix reasons individual therapy doesn’t work for children who are adopted — and maybe not for any…1. Therapy for children needs to be in a family context. Children are not always accurate reporters of their behavior. And it is hard to…Oct 7, 2015Oct 7, 2015
