Back Mountain Music Therapy

11/13/2025

THIS! 🔥

"When you join people where they are and are intentional about what you're doing and how you're tailoring your interactions, it's amazing what can happen."

10/17/2025

Self-regulation does not equate to self-awareness. However, to attain self-awareness and its ascending levels, self-regulation is required.

10/16/2025

Imagine individuals coming , some slumping, shut down, others chaotically moving back and forth,or changing subject to subject. Some going from item to item in the room, unable to focus long enough to dive in, some having a hard time expressing,possibly intellectualizing everything and yet others yelling, melting down. All of them come, one by one in one into the rooms. Suddenly, someone who appears to look like a telephone operator walks into the room. She eyes each individual as they come and takes notice of what each and every person is doing, how they present themselves bodily and affectively....

10/02/2025

Contact with a supportive, safe attachment figure "tranquilizes the nervous system" Schore, 1994 p 224)

10/01/2025

Brené Brown

10/01/2025

Had to repost after hearing about a clients experience with a helping agency that said “we”ll keep you on as long as your compliant”

"Evidence is showing that learning does not happen based on compliance. Learning happens through curiosity, connection, and co-regulation, which are the cornerstones of a developmental model and a DIRFloortime approach."

10/01/2025

Attachment is not extra. It’s not a bonus or a parenting style — it’s survival. For a child, feeling securely connected to their caregiver is as essential as the food they eat and the air they breathe.

Because when children feel attached, the world makes sense. They know they are safe, they know they are wanted, and that becomes the soil where everything else can grow.

From that place, confidence takes root. Curiosity blooms. Their hearts learn that love isn’t scarce, so they don’t have to cling or control. They are free to give, because they know they are held.

Love given freely doesn’t make them fragile — it makes them strong. It teaches them that closeness is safe, that tenderness is not weakness, that giving to others will not leave them empty. The more love they receive, the more love they have to give.

But when attachment is uncertain or withheld, the ground beneath them shifts. A child may grow watchful, questioning their worth. They may cling too tightly out of fear, or harden themselves against disappointment. They may learn to survive, but never fully trust.

And in that survival, something is stolen — the ease of belonging, the courage to risk, the freedom to rest in themselves. Too much of their energy goes into guarding what should have been a given: the right to feel safe, wanted, and worthy.

That’s why attachment matters. It’s not about perfect parenting — it’s about presence, attunement, and the quiet promise: you are safe with me…

When a child carries that truth inside, it changes not just their childhood, but the way they will move through the rest of their life. ❤️

Quote Credit: Robert Shaw, M.D.❣️

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10/01/2025

OMG Such a Great Read!!!

𝗔𝗕𝗔 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲… 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻.

Check out this article from ICDL's CEO, Jeffrey Guenzel
https://jeffreyguenzel.blogspot.com/2025/02/what-mkes-us-humans.html