A Case Study of a Maltreated Thirteen-Year-Old Boy: Using Attachment Theory to Inform Treatment in a Residential Program |
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Authors: | Paige Cunningham and Timothy F. Page |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Utah College of Social Work, 395 South 1500 East, Room 101, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper presents therapeutic interventions from an attachment perspective with a thirteen-year-old boy with a history of maltreatment, living in a residential treatment facility. Attachment theory holds that accumulated memories of experiences with caregivers become organized into representational structures called internal working models. The guiding principles of the therapy begin with the critical role played by the individual therapist as an attachment figure. The central purposes of the therapy are conceived as promoting the restructuring of the internal working models of others to reflect expectations of trustworthiness and reliability, and models of the self as worthy to receive care. The approach described is contrasted with common approaches to residential treatment that rely on environmental behavioral contingencies, modeled on social learning theory. |
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Keywords: | Child Maltreatment Attachment Residential Treatment |
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