Product Description

"Through active use of self, the therapist is able to follow the client into unresolved areas, lead him when necessary, and communicate therapeutic presence in a fully active/reflective manner."--Daniel Hughes, Creating Capacity for Attachment

Creating Capacity for Attachment presents a comprehensive examination of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), a relationship-based approach to parenting and treating children who suffer from trauma-attachment disorders.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #876874 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-20
• Released on: 2005-07-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 230 pages

Review
"An informative assembly of chapters by people working on the frontlines to help children create the attachments that will help them thrive." --Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine; and author of Mindsight, Parenting from the Inside Out and The Developing Mind

About the Author
Arthur Becker-Weidman has achieved Diplomate Status in Child Psychology and Forensic Psychology from the American Board of Psychological Specialties, and he is a Registered Clinician with ATTACh. He has been treating families of adoptive/foster children for over two decades.

Deborah Shell is a licensed clinical mental health counselor working as an outpatient therapist at a community mental health center in northern Vermont. She works primarily on attachment issues with families and children, individuals, and couples.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Overview of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
This collection of essays offers a clearly articulated, very helpful overview of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), a solid family systems approach to working with children and families who are struggling with attachment and trauma issues. Highly recommended from both a theoretical and practical perspective!

Outstanding book about an Evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment
I really enjoyed reading this book. I work with foster and adoptive families and this book is full of very useful material that I've been able to use to help those I work with. This approach, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, which is an empirically validated, effective, and evidence-base method is just great. The book details the basis of this approach and provides many practical examples. The chapters by parents are great for parents to read. I especially liked the analyzed transcript of a session; it gave me a good picture of what this approach looks like.

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good quality content, poor quality binding
I like the book so far, and think this will be helpful for our family. However, many pages have fallen from binding since receiving this book by mail less than 24 hours ago.