The Attachment Therapy Companion: Key Practices for Treating Children & Families

Here in a single accessible guide, is a comprehensive go-to resource on the foundational principles and treatment guidelines for doing attachment therapy. Based on the work of the Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children (ATTACh), a leading organization on attachment in child development, it provides all the nuts and bolts a clinician needs to be familiar with to provide effective, informed, attachment-focused treatment to children and families.

A synopsis of attachment theory and styles
Core principles of attachment-focused therapy (synchrony, attunement, reciprocity, repair, regulation, and more)
Core concepts of trauma and trauma-focused therapy (resistance, therapeutic, and building a coherent narrative)
Intake and assessment methods
Differential diagnosis
Best practice standards and interventions
PTSD and other comorbidities
Treatment planning and behavior management
Vicarious trauma

Complex trauma and developmental trauma disorder are also covered in depth, as well as up-to-date information on how brain science has changed our understanding of relationships and developmental functioning, and, in turn, phases of treatment and intervention options.  See more