Securely Attached
Hosted by Dr Sarah Bren and Sarah Bren · Dr. Sarah Bren
5.0from 213 ratings
- 676
- Episodes
- 253
- Transcribed
- 213
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Securely Attached
Securely Attached is your go-to parenting podcast, supporting moms and dads from pregnancy all the way through their child's adolescence and every stage in between. Join us every Tuesday as clinical psychologist and mom of two Dr. Sarah Bren shares her expertise and interviews top experts in the field, simplifying complicated concepts and pulling back the curtain on the brain science and psychology that drives and shapes the parent-child relationship. And now, every Thursday, Dr. Sarah Bren is joined by Dr. Emily Upshur and Dr. Rebecca Hershberg for a special segment, Beyond The Sessions. We're answering YOUR parenting questions from the perspective of clinical psychologists highly trained in developmental science and real-life moms who get that parenting is messy, and sometimes we have to laugh, cry, and throw out the "rules." From toddler tantrums, to effective discipline strategies, to leaning into the principles of respectful parenting, and to managing your own mental wellness as a parent—this podcast is your ultimate resource for judgment-free, research-backed information you know you can trust. About Sarah Bren, PhD Dr. Sarah Bren is a licensed clinical psychologist and mom of two who helps parents understand the building blocks of child development and how secure relationships form and thrive. Her work is focused on helping parents find their inner confidence so they can respond to any parenting problem that comes along and raise kids who are healthy, resilient, and kind.
- Publisher
- Dr. Sarah Bren
- Category
- health & fitness · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
253 of 676 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Q&A: Am I wrong...or did my doctor give bad parenting advice?
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The neuroscience of resonance: How to use language to strengthen attachment with your child with Sarah Peyton
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The connection crisis: Why kids are struggling with friendship and what parents can do with Dr. Niobe Way
Inside a recent episode
Q&A: Am I wrong...or did my doctor give bad parenting advice?
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There are Their position was, if you sue the child when they're distressed, that is reinforcing bad behavior, right? So that if the kid was flailing and yelling and crying in the doctor's office, the interpretation that that is a intentional, volitional, quote, inappropriate or bad behavior that you would then be reinforcing by rewarding that behavior assumes that conscious intent and volition, which one at two is just not at all plausible, but also it's, it's a reflexive automatic threat response that is not a, it's not in their control. So what would you be reinforcing is the sort of flaw in that logic. […]
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- Dr Rebecca Hershberg
- Dr Emily Upshur
- Sarah Peyton
- Niobe Way
- Dr Marisa G Franco
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 121 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 92 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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