March 22nd, 2010 |
There are a number of excellent books about attachment, parenting, and treatment. I will describe in this article two books I have written that both therapists and parents may find valuable. In future articles I will describe other helpful books for therapists and parents.
Attachment Parenting: Developing Connections and Healing Children, edited by Arthur Becker-Weidman & Deborah Shell (2010, NY: Jason Aronson), is written specifically for parents. Professionals will find the text useful as well. Professionals (therapists, child welfare workers,... Read More
March 18th, 2010 |
There are a number of ways to think about Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. One way is to consider what are the essential components of this evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment, which was developed by Dr. Daniel Hughes. The following list is a listing of what are some of these essential components. Future articles will describe these elements in more detail.
Main Components of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: Read More
February 10th, 2010 |
In the previous articles about Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy I described the ten take-away points that I want therapists to take away from my Master Class, Level I, an Introductory courses in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. I then described a few of these in detail. In this article I will describe several of the others.
1. It’s about connections not compliance.
2. Mistakes are not a problem, lack of repair is. Read More
November 3rd, 2009 |
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 secure base there... Read More
