Well & Ready Kids

11/13/2025

Here are the findings of another study of interoceptive awareness in youth receiving psychotherapy for early complex trauma. This time I focused on the relationship between a felt sense of body trust and self-regulatory abilities. The results are what you'd expect: body trust predicts the skills we so often target in therapy. Upshot: building an internal sense of safety is more than psychological AND without an internalized sense of "body as trusted ally" skill building won't stick. Study link: https://lnkd.in/gSm8gTt9

11/10/2025

Sharing additional findings from our recent study of interoceptive based body-awareness in maltreated youth. Hoping to spur more developmentally-informed conversations about helping trauma-affected youth to heal.

11/07/2025

11/07/2025

Too often we expect trauma-affected youth to use skills they haven't yet developed. Its part of the chronological age - developmental stage gap we see so often in early complex trauma.

09/27/2025

Sharing our latest research article on interoceptive awareness and early childhood trauma. This study was years in the making, and I am so glad to finally be able to share our findings. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950193825001524?via%3Dihub

12/05/2024

Check out our our new video short on emotions and building interoceptive awareness and emotional literacy in children.

A general introduction to the nature of emotions, including the role of interoception, the mind-body connection, caregiving and past experience in shaping ou...

12/05/2024

Check out our our new video short on building interoceptive awareness in children and youth.

A general introduction to interoception, a sensory system that helps us understand and feel what's going on inside our body. We talk about why it matters for...

12/03/2024

A new open access scoping review links treatment resistant depression (aka hard to treat depression) with early developmental trauma. This is not new news but provides more evidence of the clinical complexity seen in kids and adults with histories of early complex trauma.

[Bridging early life trauma to difficult-to-treat depression: scoping review | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core](https://www.cambridge.org/.../19ACB84DF97EA522F5936CE5E17...)

11/21/2024

Our new website is finally here! Check it out and be sure to join our waitlist for the launch of our new e-Learning offerings starting in 2025. We hope to see you there!

https://www.wellandreadykids.com/

10/29/2024

Hello everyone! It's been quiet on this site and that's about to change. The new year is bringing new opportunities and we are excited to share a sneak peek with you!

Drop a line in the comments and let us know if you have a specific training request for 2025. Stay tuned.

09/14/2022

This has significant implications for prevention.

Epigenetic traces of childhood trauma can be used as biomarkers to predict the risk of addiction, depression, and a range of other physical and mental health issues 17 years later.

05/04/2022

ISSTD Trauma & Dissociation Fact Sheet for Child and Adolescent Caregivers. It's a good one, share freely.https://www.isst-d.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CA-Caregivers-Fact-Sheet-1.pdf