Christina Reese – Trauma and Attachment in Children and Families

You can reframe the symptoms to find the source of distress. Learn how attachment trauma is linked to every diagnosis. and Restoring the primary attachment relationship can help reduce symptoms.

Christina Reese – Trauma and Attachment in Children and Families

Assessment

• There are 4 styles of Attachment
  • Bowlby research and Ainsworth
    • Secure
    • Ambivalent
    • Avoidant
    • Disorganized
  • Maladaptive symptoms Attachment
• Neurobiology Attachment
  • How the brain categorizes attachment
  • Change the brain in Attachment
  • Assessing Attachment Style
    • For parents, the Adult Assessment Inventory
    • Strange Situation Procedure for young children
    • Manchester Child Attachment Story Task for Children
    • Child Attachment Interview for older children and teens
• Psychosocial Assessment and How to identify the Impact of Trauma On Attachment
  • Recognize and recognize factors in the child’s history
    • Abusive and neglect
    • Abandonment
    • Impact of parent’s attachment style
    • Substance abuse in Assisting caregiver
    • Mental health disorders in Caretakers
    • Foster care/adoption
    • Relationship with other traumas

Trauma-Be informed Attachment Symptomology

• Attachment Trauma that causes complications and Symptoms get worse
• Attachment trauma diagnosis
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • ADHD
  • ODD
  • Bipolar
  • Other Traumas

Attachment Focused Interventions: Play, Art, CBT

• Repair Connection
  • Art/creative interventions are used
  • Talking points
  • Collaborative problem-solving
• Strengthen relationships
  • Activities for the body
  • Activities that are quality time
  • Face to face interactions
• Safety of Felts to be Increased
  • Activities for building trust
  • Safety plans
  • How to identify dysfunction in the family system and repair strategies
• Trust-Based Parenting
  • Re-do’s
  • Time is everything
  • Reframing
• Supportive Attachments
  • Effective supports can be conceived and brainstormed
  • Clarifying your needs
  • Attachments for building-Base-based Support Systems
• Attachment As a Coping Strategy
  • Interventions to improve connections
  • Social supports:
  • Groups – The force of understanding

The Therapeutic Relationship and Its Role in Attachment

• Establishing attachment-focused therapeutic relationships
• The role model
• The cheerleader
• Therapist self-care

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Description:

What came first, the loss of attachment or the diagnosis … Anxiety, ADHD, ODD?

If the child is an oppositional, how did they react to feeling disengaged from their primary attachment? Or have their oppositional actions put stressors on their primary relationships.

Imagine a client/family in Your office and you’re hearing about the oppositional and defiant child’s behavior from frustrated parents – which came first, the behavior and Then the rupture in attachment. Or was the attachment first and Is it a behavior disorder?

You can watch me succeed! in Helping identify and Reattach damaged attachments in Family and children. Learn about attachment trauma and the different ways it can affect children. and relationship dysfunction impacts a child’s ability to feel safe with adults, follow directions and Be respectful

You can reframe the symptoms to find the source of distress. Learn how attachment trauma is linked to every diagnosis. and Restoring the primary attachment relationship can help reduce symptoms.

Find attachment-Focused interventions to:

• Reduce symptoms of anxiety, aggression, opposition, and inattention and Mood instability
• Improve your self-connection by increasing your connection-esteem, coping skills, and Sense of belonging
• Improve emotional and Self-Regulation is vital for your health-Attachment for a long time
• Attachments-Therapeutic focus

Bring life into your world-Restoring foundational relationships and influencing change in the children you are working with and Giving them the skills that they need to live a fulfilling life-Long-lasting relationships are good for your health and stability.