What is considered appropiate treatment for children and adults with Attachment Disorder, or attachment issues?

For children, effective therapy requires a team approach which must always include the child's parents. The following treatment interventions are offered through the Institute for Child and Family Development:

• Behavior management
• Cognitive restructuring
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Therapy focused upon CranioSacral and visceral techniques
• Psychodrama
• Narrative therapy
• Social skills
• Parent education
• Family and couples therapy to help parents and siblings heal from the emotional wounding which results from living with a rage-filled child
• Reparenting
• School consultation
• Assistance with obtaining funding for treatment and, if needed, out-of-home placement

For adults, therapy may include significant others to whom the client learns to attach. Treatement interventions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Cognitive restructuring
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Therapy focused upon CranioSacral and visceral techniques
• Narrative therapy