The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate, by Harriet Lerner, PhD. (2002)
Month: June 2015
Northwest Suburban Illinois National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI Northwest Suburban
PO Box 1778
Arlington Heights, IL 60006-1778
847-899-0195
Fax: 847-899-0195
Email: naminwsub@aol.com
Website: http://www.naminorthwestsuburban.org/
Serving Northwest Suburbs of Chicago
Contacts:
Donna Wattenbarger, Vice President
847-899-0195
John Slattery, CPA, Treasurer
847-392-2895
Venus Gintowt, President
847-899-0195
Star Roberts, Volunteer
847-899-0195
Norma Kaplan, Membership Contact
847-506-9786
Barbara J. Hamilton, Secretary
847-259-4006
Ken Doruff, Board Member
Carly LeTourneau, Web Contact 1
312-909-9572
Du Page County National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Du Page County Illinois
NAMI of DuPage County Illinois
2100 Manchester Road, Suite 925 Bldg B
Wheaton, IL 60187-4590
630-752-0066
Fax: 630-752-1064
Email: execdir.nami@gmail.com
Serving DuPage County and surrounding areas
Contacts: Angela Adkins, Executive Director
630-752-0066
Krista Valleskey, Main Contact
What Are Traumatic Memories?
Wired for Love
Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship, by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT (Author), Harville Hendrix, PhD (Foreword) (2012)
Attachment Styles
By Renée Grinnell at Psychcentral.com
http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2008/attachment-styles/
About Attachment
Attachment theory says that all humans have a biological imperative to establish and maintain a connection and emotional bonds with other human beings.
Secure emotional bonds developed in childhood lead to the development of resiliency within the personality structure, which is associated with a healthy adaptation to the external environment and promotes positive bonding with significant others.
Secure attachment
-Promotes independence
-Confidence
-Lack of anxiety
-Emotional regulation
-Positive self-esteem
-Promotes executive functioning; focus, concentration, empathy, organizational skills
Insecure attachment
-Invalidating environment
-Emotional insensitivity
-Anxiety
-Emotional dysregulation
-Can result in anxiety, depression, behavioral problems, ADD, school failure.
Depression: When It’s All in the Family
If depression runs in your family, you can help yourself — and your children — identify and cope with the condition.
By Katherine Kam at WebMD Magazine
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
http://www.webmd.com/depression/features/depression-when-its-all-in-the-family
Depression in Older Persons
From National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
http://www2.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Mental_Illnesses/Depression/Depression_Older_Persons_FactSheet_2009.pdf
Older Adults and Depression
From The National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/older-adults-and-depression/index.shtml
Depression: A Family Matter
Families do better than patients at recognizing depression and mania. Depression disrupts family life, yet families can be major forces of care, comfort, even cure.
By Hara Estroff Marano, published March 1, 2002
https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200303/depression-family-matter
Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin
Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin (Fireside/Parkside Recovery Book), by Anne Katherine. (2000)