Attachment Ruptures and Repair in Children & Adolescents

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Attachments are not easily made by those who experience disrupted early attachments, and typically only develop after significant struggle, ambivalence, and taking tentative steps towards connection - as not to alienate.   

Of course, the other side of the coin is that once making such hard-earned connections, giving them up at termination is another significant therapeutic challenge (Gil & Crenshaw, 2017). 

Join David Crenshaw, PhD, RPT-S, as he teaches you how to… 

• Use an invitational approach to attachment trauma in youth
• The Concept of Relational Trauma (Allan Schore, 2012) and its contribution to potential cumulative deprivation throughout life
• Adopt Stealth Therapy in work with these reluctant youth
• Plan for and work through the Crisis of Connection 
• Utilize the analogy of Fawns in Gorilla Suits in therapeutic work with youth and caregivers, teachers, and families
• Prepare for and work through grief and loss issues at termination