Attachment-Informed Parent Coaching

This book explores attachment-informed parent coaching to address young children's emotional and behavioral problems, drawing from developmental and attachment theory research. It discusses how therapists can tailor parent coaching to different attachment patterns and the importance of adult attachment in the process. It is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, and professionals working with young children.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 21 April 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the realm of attachment-informed parent coaching, offering a powerful approach to addressing the emotional and behavioral challenges of young children. It summarizes relevant developmental and attachment theory research, providing a solid foundation for an attachment-informed parent coaching methodology. The book addresses the unique challenges of parenting young children with disruptive behavior or who exhibit emotional reactivity, highlighting the role of mental health providers in supporting parents in navigating these complex situations.

Chapters within the book explore how therapists can utilize their observations of parents and children during interactions to tailor parent coaching strategies according to different child and adult attachment patterns. It emphasizes the significance of adult attachment in shaping parent coaching, emphasizing the impact of therapists' working models of attachment on their work with families. Each chapter is packed with valuable information, including current research findings and practical examples that illustrate how this research can be applied in clinical practice.

Key areas of coverage in this book include:

The role of adult attachment in working with young children.

Addressing secure, ambivalent/resistant, avoidant, disorganized, and controlling child-parent dyads.

Coaching parents with secure, earned secure, preoccupied, dismissing, or unresolved working models of attachment.

Working with adopted children and children in foster care.

This book serves as a vital resource for researchers, professors, graduate students, clinicians, and professionals in developmental psychology, social work, pediatrics, family studies, nursing, child psychiatry, pediatrics, occupational therapy, and early childhood education. Its comprehensive coverage and practical insights make it an essential tool for anyone seeking to enhance their understanding and effectiveness in working with young children and their families.

Weight: 338g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030985721
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022