On a beautiful windless June day in the mountains, all alone and gazing at a spray of alpine wildflowers, I suddenly sucked in two deep chest breaths,
Wellness and secondary trauma for legal professionals: safety and danger
By Mark Baumann, Copyright 2023 Wellness and secondary trauma are two related and challenging issues for legal professionals. The practice of law
A DMM-informed perspective on affect spikes, unresolvable struggle, and use of violence to end conflict
Why do people engage in intense acts of interpersonal aggression, such as hitting a flight attendant on an airplane, assaulting baseball player who
Information processing and transformation
How can two people look at the same "facts" and come up with wildly different conclusions? Why are clients unable to understand the problem as you do?
Shame vs humiliation: Do these emotions express differentially in DMM attachment patterns?
In terms of attachment patterns, is there a cognitive vs. affective difference in how people perceive, respond to, and use shame and humiliation? The
DMM Danger list
Attachment theory describes a biopsychosocial system designed to protect people from dangers, especially relationship dangers. It’s a foundational