Welcome to the Exciting World of Attachment
We have gathered some of the best reasources and information from the field of attachment in order to educate parents and professional working with children and families on the importance of developing secure attachments in our lives. The following therapists featured on Parent Arizona provide attachment based therapy: Shiloh Lundahl, Dan Oakes, DeAnna Wahlheim, and Deborah Pettitt.
The following video clips featuring Bruce Perry, M.D, Dan Siegel, M.D, and B. Brian Post, Ph.D, explain how trauma can negatively effect brain development in children and how parents can become healing to their children by creating a loving environment and safe base for their children to heal and attach.
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The still Face Experiment
Pay attention to the way this baby reacts when her mother does not respond to her. Now imagine the distress a child feels when a mother is not emotionally available for an extended period of time due to depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or other mental health impairments that disrupts a mothers ability to respond to her child.
The Strange Situation Developed by Mary Ainsworth
Four Types of Attachment
Ambivalent Attachment
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Avoidant Attachment |
Disorganized Attachment
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Optimal Attachment |
Circle of Security
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Self Regulation in Children
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Healing Stress and Trauma by Regalena Melrose
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Attachment Resource Books for Parents:
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