Developmental dyadic psychotherapy : essential practices and methods / Arthur Becker-Weidman ; foreword by Daniel A. Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker-Weidman, Arthur, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attachment behavior in children.

Child psychotherapy.

Family psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Jason Aronson, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The pervasive effects of maltreatment on child development can be repaired when professionals use effective, empirically validated, and evidence-based methods. This book describes a comprehensive approach to treatment, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, which is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated family based treatment. Therapists, social workers, residential treatment programs, psychologists, and child welfare professionals will find this book of immediate practical value. Professors teaching family-therapy, child-welfare, and child-treatment courses will find the book a

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 First Things First; Chapter 3 A Trauma and Attachment Perspective; Chapter 4 Components of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy; Chapter 5 Phases; Chapter 6 Primacy of Parents; Chapter 7 Parents are the Keystone; Chapter 8 Conclusion and Summary; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-23719-8

1-282-92220-3

9786612922206

0-7657-0795-0

OCLC:

768164562