Attachment Therapy
Attachment therapy is the name for an extremely controversial group of therapies designed to help children with attachment disorders.
Specific therapies include
- Holding therapy, which consists of forced holding by a therapist or parent until the child stops resisting or until a fixed time period has elapsed
- Re-birthing therapy, in which a child or adult is forced to simulate their own birth with the help of others
- A variety of coercive, restraining or aversive procedures, such as withdrawal of food and water
Attachment therapy has been fiercely criticised, following a number of incidents in which children have been seriously harmed or killed.
Related Glossaries
- Holding Therapy
- Rage Reduction Therapy
- Relationship-Based Interventions
- Therapeutic Parenting
- Z Therapy
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