Glossary · Concept
Secure Base
A reliable, available caregiver the child can return to when the world feels too big. The phrase comes from attachment research and sits at the center of the Love and Acceptance wheel.
Stretch 2 · Settling InDefinition
A reliable, available caregiver the child can return to when the world feels too big. The phrase comes from attachment research and sits at the center of the Love and Acceptance wheel.
Related terms
Concept
Attachment
The enduring emotional bond between a child and their caregiver. Secure attachment gives a child a base to return to and a base to launch from. Disrupted attachment is often at the center of developmental trauma.
Concept
Co-regulation
The steady presence of a calm adult that helps a dysregulated child return to their window of tolerance. Co-regulation is not a technique. It is a relationship.