A practical guide to caring for children and teenagers with attachment difficulties

It explains what attachment is, what the different patterns look like in children and young people, how early attachment experiences affect their lives, and how this understanding can help childcare workers to develop therapeutic ways of caring. An essential book for professionals such residential c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Taylor, Chris, 1951- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2010.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798323806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Chapter One; Patterns of Attachment; Development of attachment theory; The attachment relationship; Development of attachment; Four stages of attachment development; Separation; Attachment feedback system; Smothering; Internal working model; Attachment classification; Temperament and attachment pattern; Strength of attachment; Patterns of attachment; Secure attachment; Insecure attachment; Disorganized attachment; Attachment disorder; Adult attachment styles; Continuity of attachment pattern; Children under stress; Hope for recovery; Chapter Two
  • The Planned Environment: An Organizational Representation of a Secure BaseWhere change begins; Planning for recovery; A transactional process; Beliefs and assumptions; The holding environment; The planned environment - a circle of security; A secure base - levers of arousal; The physical environment; Four phases of placement; Organizational values and ethos; Therapeutic risk; Smoothing transitions; Ways of caregiving; Chapter Three; Ways of Caregiving: Working Within the Therapeutic Frame; Good enough parenting; Hopefulness; The engaged self: why doing is better than talking; Mind-mindedness
  • Self-esteemParenting styles; Planning authoritative care; Discipline; Reintegrative shame; Sensitive responsiveness; Squeezed parenting; The transaction with disorganized attachment; Controlling our own arousal; The drama triangle; Promoting positive and regulated experiences; Boundaries, consequences and sanctions; Power struggles; Chapter Four; Working for Recovery: RelationalRepresentation of the Secure Base; Recovery; Promoting a secure base; Being 'real'; Trauma and the internal working model; Growing up in therapeutic relationships; Re-parenting for recovery
  • Working with feelings and thoughtsUnblocking techniques; Empathy; Keeping communication open; Unconditional positive regard; Saying 'No'; Matching approach to attachment style; The anxious child; Chapter Five; Working with Conflict; The nature of conflict; Individual differences in conflict style; Inconsistencies in conflict style; Choices in conflict; Opportunity; Attachment patterns and conflict style; Keeping yourself safe; Communication: 'There are two people in this'; Effective listening; Knowing ourselves: why do adults retaliate?; Effective conflict resolution; Assertiveness skills
  • Recovery following conflictProblem-solving; Chapter Six; Working with Anger; Human behaviour; Anger in the brain; Anger styles; Anger: a response to separation; Change; SAEf charts; Anger management training; Triggers; Low-stress environment; The anger cycle; Pervasive shame; Emotional functioning under stress; Managing the situation; Whose anger?; Trust protection; Assertiveness and the angry child; Assertive communication; Early warning signs; De-escalation; During the anger storm; Plateau; Recovery; Relationship repair; Real anger management: when nobody is angry; Relaxation; Exercises
  • Anger management worksheets