031 Attachment and Bonding Begins Before Birth!
Mindful Birth Peaceful Earth Podcast - A podcast by Holly Lammer and Jayme Crockett
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In this episode, we have Dr. Stephanie Dueger, who is known as the “Attachment Doctor” back to talk about the importance of attachment and bonding for optimal human health. She covers some basic information on the definition of attachment, the different attachment styles, and the difference between attachment and bonding. She discusses how parent’s own attachment styles will highly influence how they parent their child and the crucial importance of knowing your own attachment style so that you can work through and hopefully integrate any issues that you have as a parent before your baby is born. Many people are not even aware of how these things can have long term effects on their relationships, and through mindful awareness of our own patterns, we can transform and set a strong foundation of secure attachment for our children.
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Dr. Stephanie Dueger, otherwise known as The Attachment Doctor, is a psychotherapist, parent coach, and educator, who works with expectant and new parents and their little ones. She helps individuals, couples, and families with young children heal relational challenges and resolve trauma using an attachment-based and somatically-informed background.
Stephanie received an MA from Naropa University in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Wilderness Therapy. After meeting her husband in the same program and falling in love with their first-born daughter in 2007, Stephanie turned her focus to early somatic attachment work, training and assisting with The Brook Institute. She then earned her PhD from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, with an emphasis in Somatic and Pre- and Perinatal Psychology in 2015, having a second, deeply-loved daughter along the way.
Stephanie is the Editor-in-Chief of the academic Journal of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health, as well as a writer. Her first book—the one she wishes she’d had for herself when first becoming a parent—is currently in the publishing process, and has a “due date” sometime in January, 2020. Tentatively titled Preparing for Parenthood: 55 Essential Conversations for Couples becoming Families, the book is filled with conversation-starters and helpful action items for couples to complete prior to becoming parents. These conversations and action items help couples transition into parenthood in ways that best align with their own beliefs and values, creating greater connection, understanding, and confidence for the new family.
A lover of wilderness, travel, and all creatures, Stephanie spends most of her free time with her family outdoors. She lives in Boulder, CO with her husband and two daughters.
