Attachment Theory in Action

Building Connections Between Children and Parents

Edited by Karen Doyle Buckwalter, Debbie Reed

Publication date:

06 December 2017

Length of book:

256 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442260146

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

In this volume, distinguished therapists and clinicians offer a broad range of effective attachment-based interventions for children with a history of attachment difficulties and complex trauma. Stepping through attachment theory and the latest research in neuroscience, the contributors illustrate how the treatment of developmental trauma often requires implementing more than one clinical model. Including chapters on the practical application of dyadic developmental psychotherapy,mindfulness, theraplay, and EMDR, Attachment Theory in Action offers mental health professionals insights into helping even the most challenging patients.

Attachment Theory in Action
Karen Doyle Buckwalter and Debbie Reed
Table of Contents

Prologue

Part I: Attachment Basics
1. Overview of Attachment Theory and Clinical Applications – Karen Doyle Buckwalter
2. Chaddock’s Journey to Discover What Works: Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program (DTAP) Treatment Model - Karen Doyle Buckwalter, Michelle Robison, Marcia Ryan, Angel Knoverek
3. Attachment-Focused Treatment and the Brain: A Neuroscience Perspective – Jonathan Baylin
Part II: Attachment-Based Clinical Models

Infant/Child-Parent Psychotherapy: A Model of “Being With” Young Children and Their Families in Trouble –Michael Trout

Embedded Relational Mindfulness (ERM) in Child and Adolescent Treatment: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Perspective - Pat Ogden and Bonnie Goldstein
Delight In Me: Repair of Developmental Trauma and the Birth of the Self – Kenny E. Miller

Theraplay: Creating Felt Safety, Emotional Connection and Social Joy in Relationships – Sandra Lindaman, Phyllis Booth, Gloria Cockerill
Group Theraplay – Evangeline Munns

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy – Dafna Lender, Vivien Norris
Slowing Down The Dance: Use of Video Intervention Therapy with Parents and Children – Karen Doyle Buckwalter, George Downing

Trust-Based Relational Intervention – Karyn Purvis, Amanda Hiles-Howard, Casey Call

Using an EMDR Integrative Model to Treat Attachment Based Difficulties in Children – Debra Wesselmann, Stephanie Armstrong, Cathy Schweitzer
Family Attachment Narrative Therapy – Todd Nichols, Melissa Nichols, Denise Lacher

Part III: Keeping it Real

The Voice of the Adoptee
1. Introduction – Karen Doyle Buckwalter
2. Reflections of an Adult Adoptee - Faith Friedlander
3. Releasing - Melanie Chung-Sherman

A Parent’s Note to Therapists: What We Really Want You to Know – Lori Thomas
Incorporating Attachment-Based Models Within Organizations – Debbie Reed

Appendix: Additional Resources