Identifying Therapeutic Action in an Attachment-Centered Intervention with High Risk Families |
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Authors: | Miriam Steele Anne Murphy Howard Steele |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, USA;(2) Center for Babies, Toddlers & Families, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper describes an attachment-based intervention for mothers known to Child Welfare Services where past and current trauma
complicates family preservation and promotion of child well being. The first part of the paper describes the innovative Attachment-Centered
Parent–Child Therapy service that has been delivered to high-risk families with children from 0 to 3 years of age. The intervention
uses a group format that has the added benefits of enhancing social support and being highly cost effective. The intervention
also integrates video filming both in terms of capturing essential features of the group intervention for review and supervision
of clinical staff, and is fundamental in the observation-based empirical assessments. Quantitative data from an initial pilot
study supporting the efficacy of the intervention is presented. As well, qualitative data is presented including a case study
that highlights therapeutic action shown to positively impact the quality of the mother–child relationship. |
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