From Thanksgiving until the New Year families tend to spend a lot of time together. Children are home from school for days and weeks, emotions run high and sometimes everyone is stuck in the house because of inclement weather. What does this tend to mean for siblings?...
Attachment theory offers a way of understanding intimate adult relationships including trust issues, patterns of interacting, emotional reactions and how couples support one another. We all need our partners to be a secure base and a safe haven, to be emotionally...
Attachment theory gives us an understanding of how our childhood experiences can affect our adult relationships. It tells us that if you grow up in a loving home where you bond with your parents, you are more likely to make healthy choices and form secure attachments...
This October marks the 31st year that the Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children (ATTACh) is hosting its annual conference (October 3-5, in Scottsdale, AZ). Looking back over three decades, one can’t help but be impressed by how far we have come...
Every child craves stability. For a child with attachment issues, it is especially critical. He or she desperately needs you to show consistent love and provide dependable routines and guidelines. Parenting with consistency, over time, will help your child feel safe...
Attachment Communication Training, developed by our co-founders Terry Levy and the late Michael Orlans, is featured prominently in the book Clearing the Haze: Helping Families Face Teen Addiction. A review in the May edition of the Journal of the American Academy of...
It is the deep and enduring connection established between a child and caregiver in the first several years of life. However, more and more children are failing to develop secure attachments to loving, protective caregivers. These children are left without the most important foundation for healthy development and are at risk for:
These books and journal articles explain the most important aspects of attachment in adults and children, child maltreatment, treatment approaches, parenting and related social issues.
It is the deep and enduring connection established between a child and caregiver in the first several years of life. However, more and more children are failing to develop secure attachments to loving, protective caregivers. These children are left without the most important foundation for healthy development and are at risk for: