Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy was Developed by:  Daniel Hughes

 

Overview of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment for children with Complex Trauma, Reactive Attachment Disorder, and other disorders of attachment. It is an approach that is primarily family-focused. The various elements of Dyadic Developmetal Psychotherapy, such as a focus on relationships, attunement and intersubjectivty, and sensitive responsiveness are all well researched elements of effective treatments.  --edited by Arthur Becker-Weidman

 

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What is Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy?

By Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D., In this first article here I will describe what Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy is. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy began as a family-therapy approach, grounded in attachment theory, for the treatment of children with disorders of attachment. It has developed over the past decade into a broader approach for treatment and has been found to be an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy has as its central therapeutic mechanism the maintenance of a contingent, collaborative, sensitive, reflective and affectively attuned relationship between therapist and child, ... Read the rest of this entry »

Attachment Facilitating Parenting

By Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D. Many adopted and foster children have had very difficult and painful histories with their first parents. These children have experienced chronic early maltreatment within a caregiving relationship. Such a history can lead to the development of Complex Trauma (Cook et. al., 2003; Cook et. al., 2005), disorders of attachment, and Reactive Attachment Disorder. Children with histories of maltreatment, such as physical and psychological neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, are at risk of developing severe psychiatric problems (Gauthier, Stollak, Messe, & Arnoff, 1996; Malinosky-Rummell & Hansen, 1993). These children ... Read the rest of this entry »

Elements of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy

By Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D., Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, which is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment is composed of a variety of elements and based on a number of principles that have strong empirical support. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy is, in some respects, an amalgam of effective principles of treatment. This article will describe the elements of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and a few of its underlying principles. It is helpful to remember that everything begins with building an alliance. “Without an alliance there can be no secure base. Without a ... Read the rest of this entry »

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