Welcome to CSAR
Welcome to CSAR — an educational resource for clinicians interested in learning and deepening their understanding of affect regulation theory and its applications. Along with content directly about affect regulation theory, we will cover the fields that contribute to it; attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, traumatology, dissociative studies, psychoanalysis and mother-infant studies.
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History: From PsyBC to CSAR
In the late 1980’s my brother, the host of NPR’s "Music from the Hearts of Space" and a serious nerd, introduced me to the internet. The educational potential and implications jumped out at me.
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CSAR Bloggers
Renowned clinicians and scholars share their thinking and experience on CSAR's blog. Some of the initial authors and topics are listed below, followed by a complete roster of our bloggers for 2016-2017.
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Welcome to CSAR
Welcome to CSAR — an educational resource for clinicians interested in learning and deepening their understanding of affect regulation theory …Read More »
Dissociation, Lack of Association, and Multiplicity
Dissociation is a normal and useful capacity of mind. In a basic sense, our abilities to focus attention, to separate …Read More »
“Trauma-Worlds”
If our childhood is emotionally wounding, survival systems are activated in both our minds and bodies. As a result, we …Read More »
Engaging Parts: Getting Unstuck
When trauma processing becomes blocked by defensive-protective “Parts”, the Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) offers a unique perspective and set …Read More »
