This is a fresh new space for Dr. DeYoung’s blog. You will find all of his past blog posts here. They are tagged and placed in categories. Dr. DeYoung writes on couples, families, faith, mental health and even a few current events. Feel free to explore.
CARE
We Never Outgrow the Need for Care My doctoral research focused on attachment theory and foster parents’ childhood attachment experiences. One of the strongest findings was the importance of substitute attachment figures. Many participants described painful relationships with birth parents, but healing relationships with grandparents, aunts, uncles, or mentors who stepped in and provided care,…
SEEKING
The Anticipation of Connection Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash Have you ever encountered something—a place, an idea, a person—that made you want to know more? That impulse is not just curiosity. It is part of a core emotional system in the brain called SEEKING. In marriage, this system is essential. It drives the desire…
Marriage – Tradition or Revolution?
The biggest paradox about the Church is that she is at the same time essentially traditional and essentially revolutionary. – Thomas Merton (New Seeds of Contemplation, 1961) Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and theologian, wrote in 1961 that the Church is both deeply traditional and deeply revolutionary. When I read those words, I had the…
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