No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached aids in developing a secure attachment between caregivers and their young children. As a complex trauma therapist, the author of No Strings Attached has encountered many people who feel they are not worthy of love or are not good enough in one way or another. These beliefs often stem from childhood, not because they weren't loved, but because they weren't sure if they were loved or that they would still be loved if their circumstances changed. They stem from common...
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No Strings Attached aids in developing a secure attachment between caregivers and their young children. As a complex trauma therapist, the author of No Strings Attached has encountered many people who feel they are not worthy of love or are not good enough in one way or another. These beliefs often stem from childhood, not because they weren't loved, but because they weren't sure if they were loved or that they would still be loved if their circumstances changed. They stem from common circumstances like divorce or micro incidences like making mistakes.As these children become adults, their relationships to others like coworkers, bosses, romantic partners, friends, and even their own children. They begin to realize they are experiencing anxious attachment, ambivalent attachment, avoidant attachment, and or disorganized attachment.There are many therapies available to help with creating a secure attachment in children and adults and this children's book is one of many tools therapists, parents, and caregivers can have in their toolbox for reassuring children of their unconditional love for them.As an LGBTQIA affirming WPATH therapist, Andrea has included LGBTQIA themes in No Strings Attached. Even in outwardly LBGTQIA supportive families, it is common for children to wonder if it is OK for them specifically to be any other than cishet. No Strings Attached affirms to children that they are loved regardless of gender, sexual orientation, differences in opinion, arguments, mistakes, messes, divorce, long-term separation, and much more.Children who have secure attachments with their parents are better at regulating their emotions, behaving well, and become happier, healthier, more productive adults.