Integrative Team Treatment for Attachment Trauma in Children
Integrative Team Treatment for Attachment Trauma in Children

Author: Debra Wesselmann

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0393708187

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But by working as a collaborative team, EMDR and family therapists can, together, strengthen the parent-child attachment bond and help to mend the early experiences that drive the child's behavior. This book, and its accompanying Parent Manual, are intended to serve as clear and practical treatment guides, presenting the philosophy and step-by-step protocols behind the Integrative Team Treatment approach, so both the family system issues and the child's traumatic past are effectively addressed. You need not be a center specializing in attachment trauma to implement this team model, nor must members of the team practice at the same location. With at least one fully-trained EMDR practitioners as part of the two-person team, any clinician can pair with another to implement this treatment approach, and heal children suffering from attachment trauma.

Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy
Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy

Author: Susan M. Johnson

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2005-12-15

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9781593852924

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This practical book presents cutting-edge approaches to couple and family therapy that use attachment theory as the basis for new clinical understandings. Fresh and provocative insights are provided on the nature of interactions between adult partners and among parents and children; the role of attachment in distressed and satisfying relationships; and the ways attachment-oriented interventions can address individual problems as well as marital conflict and difficult family transitions. With contributions from leading clinicians and researchers, the volume offers both general strategies and specific techniques for helping clients build stronger, more supportive relational bonds.

Theraplay® – The Practitioner's Guide
Theraplay® – The Practitioner's Guide

Author: Vivien Norris

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1784504882

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The Definitive Guide to Theraplay® for Practitioners, officially endorsed by the Theraplay® Institute Theraplay is an intervention that focuses on enhancing the connection, trust and joy between a child and a parent. It involves interactive, playful activities using simple face-to-face reciprocal interactions, and involves using all of the senses, including rhythm, movement and touch. This comprehensive guide outlines the theory, reflection, and skill development of the practitioner - the true power house of Theraplay. By maintaining a focus on practice throughout, embedding theory into practice examples, it brings the spirit of Theraplay to life. Part 1 covers the key principles of the intervention; Part 2 addresses Theraplay in Practice: how to use the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM), how to set up a room and choose activities and considerations for working with different client groups; Part 3 encourages the reader to engage in their own development and the stages involved; and Parts 4 and 5 provide a wealth of useful resources, checklists, handouts, sample sessions and an up-to-date list of Theraplay activities. Whether you are a Theraplay practitioner, or simply want to find out how this remarkable intervention works, this book is essential reading.

Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents
Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents

Author: Guy S. Diamond

Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781433815676

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This text shows how to design a treatment manual and adherence measure for attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) for adolescent depression and presents data and results on the treatment's efficacy.

Integrative Parenting: Strategies for Raising Children Affected by Attachment Trauma
Integrative Parenting: Strategies for Raising Children Affected by Attachment Trauma

Author: Debra Wesselmann

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2014-03-31

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0393709523

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An accompanying parent’s guide filled with effective techniques to help challenging children with traumatic pasts. Designed as a manual to complement the clinician’s guide, Integrative Team Treatment for Attachment Trauma in Children: Family Therapy and EMDR, this book is written for birth, foster, or adoptive parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, or anyone who may be raising a child who has experienced attachment loss and trauma. Their severe behaviors can often leave caregivers feeling confused, frightened, hurt, and overwhelmed, as they struggle to make sense of a massive amount of information—and misinformation—that exists on attachment issues. This book provides understanding, validation, and solutions for these caregivers. In it, the authors explain their innovative model of “team” treatment that includes an EMDR therapist and a family therapist. Best used in conjunction with therapeutic help, it walks readers through an array of parenting strategies that will lead them to a deeper understanding of their traumatized child, and better enable them to calm their behavior and improve their attachment security so they can heal.

Attachment and Family Therapy
Attachment and Family Therapy

Author: Patricia Crittenden

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2014-08-16

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0335239331

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Attachment & Family Therapy offers an integrative, family-based approach to understanding and addressing the psychological and relational needs of distressed children and their parents. The book blends attachment theory and basic developmental research with the diverse insights and methods of all schools of family systems theory. The problems addressed range from mild developmental issues, to autism, ADHD, disability, divorce and separation, psychosomatic disorders, and child protection and out-of-home placement. The solutions described involve not only traditional forms of family therapy, but also formulations and conceptualizations that combine individual, couples, and family work around specified issues. The authors present a sophisticated model of attachment that fits the breadth of clinical variation, focuses on family strengths, and is informed by insights from neurology and information-processing.

Attachment Theory in Practice
Attachment Theory in Practice

Author: Susan M. Johnson

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 146253824X

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Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment--and providing an innovative roadmap for clinical practice--Susan M. Johnson argues that psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the healing power of emotional connection. The primary developer of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) for couples, Johnson now extends her attachment-based approach to individuals and families. The volume shows how EFT aligns perfectly with attachment theory as it provides proven techniques for treating anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. Each modality (individual, couple, and family therapy) is covered in paired chapters that respectively introduce key concepts and present an in-depth case example. Special features include instructive end-of-chapter exercises and reflection questions.

Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy
Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy

Author: Jay Lebow

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-10-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783319494234

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This authoritative reference assembles prominent international experts from psychology, social work, and counseling to summarize the current state of couple and family therapy knowledge in a clear A-Z format. Its sweeping range of entries covers major concepts, theories, models, approaches, intervention strategies, and prominent contributors associated with couple and family therapy. The Encyclopedia provides family and couple context for treating varied problems and disorders, understanding special client populations, and approaching emerging issues in the field, consolidating this wide array of knowledge into a useful resource for clinicians and therapists across clinical settings, theoretical orientations, and specialties. A sampling of topics included in the Encyclopedia: Acceptance versus behavior change in couple and family therapy Collaborative and dialogic therapy with couples and families Integrative treatment for infidelity Live supervision in couple and family therapy Postmodern approaches in the use of genograms Split alliance in couple and family therapy Transgender couples and families The first comprehensive reference work of its kind, the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy incorporates seven decades of innovative developments in the fields of couple and family therapy into one convenient resource. It is a definitive reference for therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors, whether couple and family therapy is their main field or one of many modalities used in practice.

Integrative Attachment Family Therapy
Integrative Attachment Family Therapy

Author: Dafna Lender

Publisher:

Published: 2023-08-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781683736844

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A stronger bond between parents and children can repair family dynamics. Integrated attachment family therapy (IAFT), developed by family therapy expert Dafna Lender, is a multidimensional framework that heals and strengthens attachment issues in the parent-child relationship. Grounded within the principles of Theraplay, dyadic development psychotherapy, and polyvagal theory, this powerful framework addresses a variety of problematic and difficult behaviors in children (e.g., frequent arguments and tantrums, disobedience, and indifference) as well as reactive behaviors in parents (e.g., yelling, pleading, threatening, and giving up or giving in). How does it work? Rather than attempting to "fix" the child - fixing their anger issues or defiance, for instance - IAFT treats the underlying cause of family strife: a misalignment in the parent-child relationship where the child does not feel deeply understood or accepted. By focusing on the physiologic sense of safety and connection between the parent and child, IAFT helps clinicians uncover the reasons for this misalignment so they can guide families toward the source of the issue rather than focusing on superficial behaviors. With its innovative, yet accessible, play-based activities and interventions, IAFT transforms families into happy and well-functioning environments where children thrive and parents feel satisfied in their role.