Handbook of Attachment Interventions, (Hardcover)

~ Terry M. Levy (Editor) "The United States is the most violent country in the industrialized world-particularly for children..." (more)
Key Phrases: child with attachment disorder, children with attachment difficulties, children with attachment disorders, Bipolar Disorder, New York, Reactive Attachment Disorder (more...)

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The emotional attachment of a child to caregivers, and the attachment of the caregivers to the child, is of vital importance to the child's socioemotional development. Proper attachment can affect one's ability to feel and express love, moral development, motivation to achieve, and sense of identity. Modern industrial societies have seen a recent surge in attachment problems, yet there has been little information on clinical interventions for attachment disorders. The Handbook of Attachment Interventions meets this need by providing information on diverse patient populations across different therapeutic philosophies, while providing specific techniques for treating attachment disordered children and their families. The book begins with a discussion of how attachment disorders relate to subsequent antisocial behavior patterns and other disorders, as well as general issues parents may encounter with an attachment disordered child. Subsequent chapters discuss special patient populations (the adopted child, military families, etc.) and techniques for intervention.
Practitioners in clinical, private practice, managed care, and hospital settings, social workers, developmental psychologists, and interested parents find the Handbook of Attachment Interventions a valuable reference.

From the Back Cover

The emotional attachment of a child to caregivers, and the attachment of the caregivers to the child, is of vital importance to the child's socioemotional development. Proper attachment can affect one's ability to feel and express love, moral development, motivation to achieve, and sense of identity. Modern industrial societies have seen a recent surge in attachment problems, yet there has been little information on clinical interventions for attachment disorders. The Handbook of Attachment Interventions meets this need by providing information on diverse patient populations across different therapeutic philosophies, while providing specific techniques for treating attachment disordered children and their families. The book begins with a discussion of how attachment disorders relate to subsequent antisocial behavior patterns and other disorders, as well as general issues parents may encounter with an attachment disordered child. Subsequent chapters discuss special patient populations (the adopted child, military families, etc.) and techniques for intervention.
Practitioners in clinical, private practice, managed care, and hospital settings, social workers, developmental psychologists, and interested parents will find the Handbook of Attachment Interventions a valuable reference tool.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 289 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (November 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0124458602
• ISBN-13: 978-0124458604
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #596,544 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fringe Psychotherapy -- Caution!, November 29, 2006

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Boy, someone at Academic Press was soundly asleep at the wheel to allow this material to be published.

The editor's own approaches to therapy have not been researched and much is based on unconventional beliefs about child development. His "research" is worthless unpublish, in-house stuff. So there is nothing "academic" about this editor.

But we do not lack for puffery. Levy refers to himself as a "Master Therapist:
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This is a title sold for $[...] from the American *Psychotherapy* Association (the lesser known APA):
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This book promotes the worst sort of highly controlling parenting and abusive "therapy"-- practices that have been associated with numerous criminal child abuse/death cases in recent years.

These practices are commonly called "Attachment (Holding) Therapy," but Terry Levy and his partner Michael Orlans refer to their holding technique as the "Holding Nurturing Process."

APSAC and the American Psychological Association denounce Attachment Therapy and even advise child welfare workers to investigate where these methods are used as "suspected child abuse." (See task force report in the journal *Child Maltreatment* Feb. 2006).

Levy and Orlans also are known for holding children in their laps and provoking catharsis -- practices that they believe force age regression and redo developmental stages. This is all old, out-dated and discredited methods based on pure banana oil.

Contributor Nancy L. Thomas is a layperson who uses sadistic parenting methods. She continues to defend her associate Connell Watkins who is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence for killing a child in a therapy session.

This is really rough, abusive stuff -- only toned down here to pass muster for this esteemed publisher.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great RAD book. Relatively high reading level., June 27, 2007

By	L. Moser "cash flow sleuth" (above ground) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A lot of information coming at you fast. May be a little overwhelming, but then again, so is Reactive Attachment Disorder. Nancy Thomas' "Healing Trust" CD will make the book more understandable.

1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handbook of Attachment Interventions, October 3, 2005

By	Colleen Ballard (Victoria, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

An excellent reference for workers who support families in repairing damaged children.