Severe Attachment Disorder in Childhood A Guide to Practical Therapy [Paperback]

This handbook of therapy provides both theoretical understanding, and a wealth of suggestions for daily practice. The coverage includes a cross-scientific theoretical overview, the classic symptoms of disturbed attachment, and treatment at different stages of development, from measures to ensure a healthy attachment early in life to treatment at different stages of personality development to adulthood. Each step includes many examples from daily practice as well as checklists at different stages. Sections on adoption issues, how to teach the AD schoolchild, sexual abuse and AD give tools and inspiration for the reader's own research.

This handbook provides both basic theory and suggestions for daily practice. The coverage reviews classic symptoms of disturbed attachment, and outlines treatment, from measures to ensure a healthy attachment early in life to treatment at different stages of personality development.

everyday examples are used to illustrate symptoms, theory and practice. If I have succeeded, the contents should not be difficult to understand, whereas working with the AD child in practice is a constant challenge to your convictions and responsibility. It is a guide trying to answer some of the common questions puzzling people working with children and juveniles suffering from Attachment Disorder:  Why is there an increasing number of AD children?  What are the causes of an AD development in children?  How does AD show in behavior and personality?  How do you practice treatment or therapy at different devel- ment stages during childhood?  What can you do to prevent an AD development, or to reduce the symptoms and consequences?  What happens to people, groups and organizations working with these children?  How do you develop and maintain your therapeutic attitude and the structure of treatment? First, let me give you a short introduction to the problem of AD in general. What is attachment? In brief, the theory ofl&