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Attachment therapy and attachment therapists
What do attachment therapists do?
Attachment therapists are those who focus on the treatment of reactive attachment disorder and other attachment issues, although some may not do so exclusive of other disorders, many of which are associated with reactive attachment disorder.
Attachment therapists are those who treat the mental health disorder known as reactive attachment disorder. Over the years, therapists have developed techniques which they have found to help these children heal and bond. As with virtually every other mental health disorder, various techniques have been tried and, while some have been proven to be useful, others have been discarded by reputable therapists as being less than useful, even dangerous and abusive. Opponents of attachment therapy ignore this natural evolution and consider all types of attachment therapy to be child abuse, and condemn them all.
In response to criticism, attachment therapists are attempting to define attachment therapy while distancing it from largely discarded practices like rebirthing. An organization has been formed to serve as the international leader in the education and promotion of attachment theory and services. The Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children (ATTACh), a coalition of professionals and families dedicated to helping those with attachment difficulties, has issued a white paper on coercion in treatment which sets guidelines and standards for ethically and clinically appropriate treatment for children with attachment problems. While every attachment therapist may not be a registered member of ATTACh, its guidelines dominate the treatment modalities that are in use today.
Attachment therapists, then, are trained professionals who recognize reactive attachment disorder to be a very real problem and are seeking to help those who suffer from it. Not every attachment therapist is a psychologist but every reputable attachment therapist is a trained professional, and not every licensed psychologist is equipped to provide effective attachment therapy.
Beverly Cuevas, L.C.S.W., has prepared guidelines for choosing an attachment therapist, which have been reviewed and revised by members of the ATTACh board of directors.
The purpose of this Wiki is to present a list of attachment therapists, and to provide information about them. This list is by no means comprehensive, but every attachment therapist is encouraged to add his or her name to the list and to create a page, or more, describing their practice. If you find that a page has already been created for you, please register for an account here and take control of this page, correcting any errors that may exist and adding additional content. There is no charge for this service.
Notes
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- A listing here in no way implies that the staff of RadKid.Org recommends, or is even familiar with any particular therapist listed here. Nor does it imply that the therapists listed here necessarily agree or are in support of content found on the RadKid.Org website.
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