1. General Principles of Parenting and Therapy
2. The Abuse and Neglect of Katie
3. Ruth Daley, Foster Home #1
4. Karen Miller, Foster Home #2
5. Susan Cummings, Foster Home #3
6. What Can Be Done?
7. Choosing a New Approach
8. Jackie Keller, Foster Home #4
9. Life with Jackie
10. The Quilt
11. Saying No to Jackie
12. Thanksgiving Dinner
13. Jackie and Her Mother, Ruth
14. Winter in Maine
15. Maine District Court
16. The Coming of Spring
17. A New Summer
18. Fear and Joy
Daniel A. Hughes, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in child abuse and neglect, attachment, foster care, and adoption. He actively trains other therapists in the model of treatment known as Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, both within the United States and in other countries.
The third edition of Building the Bonds of Attachment should be
vital reading for as many parents and parents-to-be as possible,
not only for foster and adoptive parents. If far more parents read
this book and put its teachings to practice, we would start to have
a warmer, kinder world. With often breath-taking beauty, Dan Hughes
conveys how connection with reflective, warm, playful, emotionally
regulated attachment figures can heal children who’ve been so badly
psychologically scarred. It’s a story about a little girl who
trusts no one, who only knows relationships as being about power
and control. She has developmental trauma disorder and presents
with very extreme and challenging behavior. The new edition offers
a wealth of the richest PACE examples, from one moving interaction
to another until we see this little girl melt, and learn to trust
and love for the very first time. Professionals and parents alike
cannot fail to learn so much through the book’s powerful narrative
about the crucial relational experiences that all children need in
order to thrive.
*Dr. Margot Sunderland, Director of Education and Training at the
Centre for Child Mental Health London*
I use this book for a course I teach on Child Treatment in our MSW
program. I also recommend the book to all of my master students in
their advanced practice course with individuals and groups. One of
the tremendous strengths of the book is its underlying ability to
help guide the reader through the critical thinking process. What
constitutes abuse and neglect? What are the far-reaching
consequences of profound emotional and physical neglect? How does
one evaluate attachment therapy? Is this working? The use of the
storytelling places the critical thinking within a unique context
and helps guide developing practitioners to a better understanding
of very difficult principles. No matter the expertise of the
reader, there is something to learn in this text, which makes the
book highly valuable over time. I encourage my students to read the
book at different stages of their career to maximize their
understanding of attachment and the dyadic developmental
psychotherapy.
*Victoria A. Fitton, Michigan State University*
Katie’s story triggers strong emotions from graduate students. My
students cannot wait for the next chapter and often read ahead.
*Mark Beischel, Peru State College*
The ‘Katie book’, as it is fondly called by those who have read it
over the years, has captured the hearts of many people. Dan
masterfully uses the story of Katie to explain and illustrate the
DDP model and how it is applied both in parenting and therapy. Now,
in this 3rd edition, Dan has brought the story up-to-date with new
thinking and discoveries he has made in the intervening time. The
ideas of blocked trust and blocked care are here illustrated in a
way which conveys understanding and compassion for the children and
parents affected by these difficulties. Many of us, who have known
our own ‘Katie’s’ and struggled with the challenges that they
present, will draw hope and inspiration from this updated edition
of Building the Bonds of Attachment.’
*Kim Golding*
Building the Bonds of Attachment is a must-read for foster
carers, adopters, social workers, and therapists who
seek to understand how early trauma impacts the minds and hearts of
children, and how they as care providers can help. Through the
story of Katie, Dan Hughes shows us how dyadic developmental
psychotherapy (DDP), his deeply compassionate approach to therapy
and therapeutic parenting, can help children learn to trust and to
discover connections that heal. This third edition brings the
latest learning in neurobiology and integrates this research with
DDP and PACE, illustrating how to facilitate safety in
relationships and create an environment in which children and young
people can begin to feel safe to trust and make use of the help
that is on offer to them.
*Deborah Page, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services*
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