Empathic care for children with disorganized attachments : a model for mentalizing, attachment and trauma-informed care / Chris Taylor ; foreword by Peter Fonagy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Chris (Christopher John), 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attachment disorder in children.

Attachment disorder in children--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This practical guide synthesises attachment, trauma and Mentalization theory into a practice model for those caring for children and young people with disorganized attachment. It aims to equip practitioners with the knowledge and skills to provide empathic care in safe, therapeutic relationships that support both the child and the caregiver.

Contents:

Empathic Care for Children with Disorganized Attachments: A Model for Mentalizing, Attachment and Trauma-Informed Care; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The chapters; A note on language; Chapter One: A Recovery Model; Learning outcomes; Recovery; Introducing MAT (a mentalizing approach to attachment- and trauma-informed care); Strengths-based perspective; Evidence-based practice; Chapter Two: Attachment; Learning outcomes; The link with early experiences; An outline of attachment theory; Mental representations of attachment: Internal working models; Patterns of attachment

Disorganized attachmentNetworks of attachments; Transactional influences; Defensive representations; Attachment in adolescence; Socially excluded adolescents; Is this attachment disorder?; Recovery work in a care setting; Chapter Three: Trauma; Learning outcomes; Defining trauma; Risk and protective factors; Symptoms and classification; Developmental trauma; Developmental trauma and avoidance; Memory; Survivors; Psychoeducation; Treating trauma; The challenge for therapy; Trauma- and attachment-informed care; Chapter 4: A Mentalizing Approach; Learning outcomes; A note on terminology

Intersubjectivity, attachment and the development of mentalizingNeurological explanation of mentalizing; Mentalizing and types of non-mentalizing; Mentalizing approach; Essential elements of a mentalizing approach; Chapter Five: Attachment- and Trauma-Informed Care; Learning outcomes; A purposeful approach to practice; Underpinning beliefs; Core conditions of consistency; Trauma-informed care; Attachment-informed reparenting; Chapter Six: Interventions for Attachment Style; Learning outcomes; Secure attachment; Avoidant attachment; Ambivalent attachment; Disorganized attachment

Chapter Seven: Mentalized and Emotional ArousalLearning outcomes; The arousal-relaxation cycle; A pathological arousal-relaxation cycle (PA-RC); Spectrum of mentalizing; Mentalizing responses to PA-RC; Spectrum responses in PA-RC; Chapter Eight: Plan-Do-Reflect-Review; Learning outcomes; A cycle for intervening; Outcomes for young people; Sources of information; Observation; Written information; Talking with children; Making sense of information; Risk and maintenance factors; Levels of intervention; Reflecting; Reviewing and evaluating; Appendix: Community of Communities: Core Values

ReferencesSubject Index; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-90690-2

0-85700-398-4

OCLC:

806431345