Child-centred attachment therapy : the CcAT programme / Alexandra Maeja Raicar ; with contributions by Pauline Sear and Maggie Gall, on behalf of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raicar, Alexandra Maeja.

Contributor:

Sear, Pauline.

Gall, Maggie.

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

Series:

UKCP Karnac series.

UKCP series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attachment behavior in children.

Adopted children--Family relationships.

Adopted children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Child-centered attachment therapy

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes the development of the Child-Centred Attachment Therapy (CcAT) model of working with children with attachment difficulties. The authors describe, in a vivid and accessible manner, the complexities involved in supporting parents in their struggles to respond positively to the needs of children who have been traumatised by their early experiences. After many years of working with a number of families with children who act out their hurt through difficult behaviours, the authors offer their insights to help both parents and professionals to understand and deal more effectively with such behaviours. The CcAT therapists give an impressive account of their belief in a therapeutic approach that focuses on attachment and protection as prerequisites for promoting healthy relationships.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND MAIN CONTRIBUTORS; ABOUT CHILD-CENTRED ATTACHMENT THERAPY; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE The long-term impact of attachment difficulties on families; CHAPTER TWO Background to the development of CcAT: a programme for fostering mutual attachment between child and carer; CHAPTER THREE From theory to practice: CcAT as a "working model": A child-centred perspective; CHAPTER FOUR Phase 2 of the CcAT programme (1996). Brief evaluation of the pilot project: our learning from adoptive families

CHAPTER FIVE Phase 3 of the project (1997-2007 )CcAT as an independent attachment therapy with birth, extended, foster, and step-families: our further learning from familiesCHAPTER SIX Re-evaluating CcAT: its potential in child protection work; CHAPTER SEVEN CcAT therapists' learning and users' perspectives; professionals' perspectives; CHAPTER EIGHT A future for CcAT: spreading the word among professionals; CHAPTER NINE Overall learning from CcAT: whocan benefit: Initial learning from the pilot project (1995-1996); Epilogue; APPENDICES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78049-367-3

0-429-91182-3

0-429-89759-6

0-429-47282-X

1-282-90072-2

9786612900723

1-84940-691-X

9780429472824

OCLC:

729242951