The Gordon Neufeld Approach: Making Sense Of Ch... -

Detailed in his book Hold On to Your Kids (co-authored with Gabor Maté), Neufeld warns that children are increasingly turning to peers for attachment, which undermines parental influence and healthy development. Neufeld Intensive I: Making Sense of Kids

The , often encapsulated in his flagship Making Sense of Kids intensive, is an attachment-based developmental model that shifts the focus from managing a child's behavior to understanding the underlying relational and developmental needs. The Gordon Neufeld Approach: Making Sense of Ch...

For a child to feel safe, they must be in a "dependent" role, while the parent takes the "alpha" or provider role. Problems like bullying often stem from a "stuck" alpha complex in children who don't feel they can lean on their adults. Detailed in his book Hold On to Your

Dr. Neufeld’s model is built on three distinct but interconnected lenses used to "map" a child’s development: Problems like bullying often stem from a "stuck"