J C Atkins
Behaviourist
The Lion Theory.
J C Atkins spent her life looking for the answer to "what would work in childhood trauma recovery in adults".
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After years of studying historical and the latest cognitive and brain science work from all around the world.
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Joanne created what is now known as the Lion Theory and proved beyond a doubt in her work:
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Childhood trauma produced Dual Autism and ADHD pathways during childhood development.
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In 2019 she was credited for her work in the Lion Theory and became a leading offending behaviourist in the field of childhood trauma recovery.
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With the birth of the lion theory, came the Program.
​The program uses CBT, DBT, ABC, Resilience and coping skills to reduce the impact of the trauma and allow for recovery.
The Lion Theory Research Paper; 2019
In the paper J C Atkins proves that everyone who has suffered from childhood trauma will have the same collective set of behaviours. Joanne breaks down all the research work ever done in the field
and builds her own work to prove her theory that dual autism and ADHD pathways develop
in developmental stages of childhood in prolonged stress responses.
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The Lion Theory Science Paper: 2019 then update in 2025
In the supporting science paper J C Atkins looks at the prolong stress response in childhood developmental stages and the effect it has on the child.
Joanne shows how the changes to the brain and the behavioural pathways occur in the science paper:​
Developmental changes in Stress Response in the Brain: Childhood Trauma J. C. Atkins (2025)
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Available free to download.
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science paper
research paper
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