Skill building, trauma reprocessing,
attachment focused support, education, parenting support and mindfulness are among the approaches we may use.»
Not exact matches
And, indeed, the most effective
attachment -
focused home - visiting interventions offer parents not just parenting tips but psychological and emotional
support: The home visitors, through empathy and encouragement, literally make them feel better about their relationship with their infant and more secure in their identity as parents.
Co-founded Organic Birth
Support Services with two other women and created 6 - week prenatal classes for pregnant couples that
focused on changes in pregnancy (emotional, physical and spiritual), nutrition, the physiology of birth, postpartum care, postpartum depression, infant care and bonding and
attachment.
She
supports parents in moving from a traditional fear - based model to a joy - based one
focusing on relationship and healthy
attachment.
Infant - parent
attachment is essential for both baby and parent and we are pleased to
support a conference with this specific
focus.
Other parenting behaviors that make up the
attachment style of parenting include infant -
focused prenatal activities; breastfeeding, when possible, to encourage closeness and healthy development; maintaining close physical proximity through frequent touch, carrying, and physical contact and stimulation with the infant; establishing nighttime routines that
support an infant's need for closeness; and avoiding long caregiver — child separations.
This October, in celebration of
Attachment Parenting Month 2012, The Attached Family online magazine is
focusing on the importance of parent - to - parent
support.
Forward Motion, Inc. (Goshen, KY) 06/2001 — Date Equine Assisted Psychotherapy / Founder / Director • Founder and director of a nonprofit
focused on providing therapy to PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) patients • Provide equine psychotherapy sessions to individuals, families, groups, schools, and corporate clients • Administer psychotherapy and
support to a large population with child trauma and family
attachment issues • Recruit, hire, and manage a staff of occupational therapists, equine specialists, and administrative personnel • Design and implement marketing strategies, community awareness programs, and special events • Responsible for P&L, budgeting, marketing, and developing a referral network • Develop collaborative and referral partnerships with Wounded Warriors, Gilda's Club, House of Ruth, Many Hurst, Boys Haven, Home of the Innocence, and Sun Rise Boys Youth Ranch • Serve as a Practicum Supervisor for University of Louisville graduate program in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy • Special Topics Instructor at University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work (Summer 2011)
Areas of
focus include: Couple Relationships: Repair or Enrichment Adoption and
Attachment Issues Family Counseling Parenting
Support, including children with ADHD and mild autism spectrum disorders Grief and Loss, including Infertility Life Enrichment Anxiety and Stress Marriage Preparation I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues, providing services in a comfortable and supportive atmosphere.
Attachment parenting, outside the guise of Dr. Sears,
focuses on responses that
support secure
attachments.
We provide
focused detailed
support for parents, educators, and interventionists working with children with
attachment disorder... including RAD and DSED.
However a
focus on
attachment as the context within which development takes place alerts us to the need to provide appropriate
support to those who carry the responsibility of caring for young children.
Supporting Maltreated Children: Countering the Effects of Neglect and Abuse (PDF - 254 KB) Perry (2012) Adoption Advocate, 48
Focuses on the impact of abuse in early childhood on
attachment and brain development, including specific behavioral indicators commonly exhibited by children who have experienced maltreatment.
IECMH can be positively affected through a continuum of strategies
focused on promotion (e.g.
supporting strong parent - child relationships), prevention (more intensive services aimed at identifying and mitigating risk factors that threaten healthy development, as well as
supporting caregivers in better addressing children's needs), and treatment to directly address mental health disorders (e.g. Child Parent Psychotherapy and
Attachment and Behavioral Catch - Up.)
Services are family driven, in - home and / or in - office and provide counseling and case management and
support services
focusing on childhood
attachment trauma.
We practice Emotionally
Focused Couple Therapy, an approach to couples and marriage therapy based on
attachment theory and
supported by research.
Couples Therapy / Marriage Counseling We practice Emotionally
Focused Couple Therapy, an approach to couples and marriage therapy based on
attachment theory and
supported by research.
Jim teaches with depth in a safe learning environment that invites therapists to explore, to
support each other, and to really delve in to this emotionally
focused,
attachment - based work.»
provide / increase trauma - sensitive,
attachment -
focused resources and
supports for traumatized children and those with
attachment disorders.
Using an integrative model of therapy, she has received advanced trainings in empirically
supported treatments, including emotionally
focused couple therapy (EFT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and
attachment - based family therapy.
Her work as a therapist has
focused on helping trauma survivors and those with significant
attachment wounds reshape their neural landscape to
support a life of meaning and resilience.
No matter which method of
support is chosen, therapy should be delivered by trained professionals who
focus on improving
attachment, consistent and nurturing caregiving, clear boundaries, safe and secure relationships, and healthy development.
Focusing on building successful patterns of contact, interaction, communication, and conflict management in families that
support healthy
attachment and strong developmental outcomes for their children
Other parenting behaviors that make up the
attachment style of parenting include infant -
focused prenatal activities; breastfeeding, when possible, to encourage closeness and healthy development; maintaining close physical proximity through frequent touch, carrying, and physical contact and stimulation with the infant; establishing nighttime routines that
support an infant's need for closeness; and avoiding long caregiver — child separations.
It is important to appreciate that when dealing with problems in the child - caregiver
attachment relationship, recent meta - analyses5, 8 show that the best interventions to date are brief, use video feedback, start after infant age six months, and have a clear and exclusive
focus on behavioural training of the parent rather than a
focus on sensitivity plus
support, or a
focus on sensitivity plus
support plus internal representations.
«Although
focused primarily on specific
attachment therapy techniques, the controversy also extends to the theories, diagnoses, diagnostic practices, beliefs, and social group norms
supporting these techniques, and to the patient recruitment and advertising practices used by their proponents.»
1995 — Building Relationships: Families and Professionals as Partners 1996 — A Promising Future 1997 — Fostering the Well Being of Families 1998 — Trauma: A Multi-Dimensional View 1999 — Coming Together for Children and Families: Developing Comprehensive Systems of Care 2000 — The Neurobiology of Child Development: Bridging the Gap Between Theory Research and Practice 2001 — Processing Trauma and Terrorism 2002 — The Road Less Traveled: Adoptive Families in the New Millennium 2003 — A Better Beginning: Parents with Mental Illness and their Young Children 2004 — Approaches That Work: Multi-Stressed Families and their Young Children 2005 — The Screening and Assessing of the Social Emotional Concerns 2006 —
Supporting Young Children through Separation and Loss 2007 — Social Emotional Development: Promising Practices, Research and Policy 2008 —
Attachment: Connecting for Life 2009 — Evidenced - based Practices for Working with Young Children and Families 2010 - Eat Sleep and Be Merry: Regulation Concerns in Young Children 2011 - Climbing the Ladder Toward Competency in Young Children's Mental Health 2012 -
Focusing on Fatherhood 2013 - Trauma in Early Childhood: Assessment, Intervention and
Supporting Families
In a meta - analysis of 70 published studies (including 9,957 children and parents, and a core set of 51 randomized controlled trials with 6,282 mothers and children), Bakermans - Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn & Juffer8 demonstrated that the most effective
attachment - based interventions to improve parent sensitivity (d = 0.33, p <.001) and promote secure infant - caregiver
attachment (d = 0.20, p <.001) included the following characteristics: (1) a clear and exclusive
focus on behavioural training for parent sensitivity rather than a
focus on sensitivity plus
support, or a
focus on sensitivity plus
support plus internal representations (e.g. individual therapy); (2) the use of video feedback; (3) fewer than five sessions (fewer than five sessions were as effective as five to 16 sessions, and 16 sessions or more were least effective); (4) a later start, i.e. after the infant is six months or older (rather than during pregnancy or before age six months); and (5) conducted by non-professionals.
Emotionally
Focused Therapy can also be used to
support family members during family therapy
focusing on
attachment and emotional connection.
The protective psychosocial factors identified were trait optimism, problem -
focused coping, positive family / marital function, social
support, situation appraisal involving acceptance and secure
attachment style.
Parenting
support programmes in infancy and early years with a
focus on maternal sensitivity and attunement, and infant
attachment.
As applied to FASD, this integrated model
supports family -
focused interventions that aim to alter identified family - level risk and protective factors including a stable and nurturing home,
attachment, parent - child interaction patterns, caregiver cognitive appraisal, self - efficacy, parent stress, and family resource needs.
In all families — antenatal education
focusing on transition to parenthood and emotional and
attachment issues and programmes to
support parenting of fathers.
We maintain a low child - to - caregiver ratio and
focus on
supporting healthy
attachments in a home environment.