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RESTORING SAFETY: AN ATTACHMENT-BASED APPROACH TO CLINICAL WORK WITH A TRAUMATIZED TODDLER

Julie Ribaudo1

  • 1University of Michigan.

Infant Mental Health Journal
|December 31, 2015
PubMed

Insights

This study shows how to help abused and neglected children in foster care. Integrating infancy research and psychotherapy can restore a child

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Attachment Theory

Background:

  • Abused and neglected children often develop defensive strategies due to inadequate caregiving.
  • Understanding early brain development and attachment is crucial for therapeutic interventions.

Observation:

  • A case study of 'Anthony' illustrates managing trauma in foster/adoptive placements.
  • Therapeutic sessions focused on joint parent-child interaction and parental guidance.

Findings:

  • Integrated therapeutic approaches can help contain traumatized children's distress.
  • Fostering secure-base parental responses aids in self-integration and affect regulation.
  • Therapeutic interventions facilitate a shift towards secure attachment behaviors.

Implications:

  • This approach offers a framework for supporting traumatized children in alternative care.
  • Enhancing parental capacity to provide secure attachment is key to recovery.
  • Clinical practice can benefit from integrating infancy research and psychotherapy models.

Keywords:
Misshandlung von SäuglingenPsychotherapie bei KleinkindernSäuglings-Eltern-PsychotherapieTrennung und Verlust bei Kleinkinderninfant maltreatmentinfant mental healthinfant-parent psychotherapymaltraitance du bébémaltrato infantilmentale Gesundheit von Säuglingenpsychothérapie bébé-parentpsychothérapie du jeune enfantsalud mental infantilsanté mentale du nourrissonseparación y pérdida del pequeño infantesicoterapia de niños pequeñossicoterapia infante-progenitorséparation et perte chez le petit enfanttoddler separation and lossyoung child psychotherapy乳児-親心理療法乳児メンタルヘルス乳児虐待嬰兒與父母的心理治療幼い子どもの心理療法幼児の分離と喪失幼兒分離和損失幼兒心理健康幼兒心理治療虐待嬰兒

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