Strengthening Family Bonds: Nurturing Attachment Security, Resilience, and Sense of Self

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Dafna Lender, LCSW Related seminars and products

The Theraplay Institute

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Dafna Lender, LCSW, is an international trainer and supervisor for practitioners who work with children and families. She is a certified trainer and supervisor/consultant in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) and an EMDR therapist. Dafna’s expertise is drawn from 25 years of working with families with attachment in many settings: at-risk after school programs, therapeutic foster care, in-home crisis stabilization, residential care and private practice. Dafna’s style, whether as a therapist or teacher, is combining the light-hearted with the profound by bringing a playful, intense and passionate presence to every encounter. Dafna is the author of Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (2023) and co-author of Theraplay® - The Practitioner’s Guide (2020).

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dafna Lender maintains a private practice. She is a published author and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dafna Lender has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Demonstrate three behaviors that may indicate attachment issues. 
2. Describe the structure of family therapy from an attachment perspective. 
3. Identify three techniques for facilitating an effective parent-child dialogue. 

Outline

• Assessing the extent to which attachment issues impact the parent-child relationship 
• How to present family therapy from an attachment perspective to parents 
• Tools for deepening parent’s regulation and capacity for providing a secure base 
• Structuring a parent-child session to maximize, safety, regulation and connection 
• Helping parents stay open and engaged to support child’s healing 
• Guiding parents in helpful responses within session  
• Facilitate active dialogue between parents and children that’s both safe and gets to their core issues 
• Limitations of the research and potential risks 

Target Audience

• Case Managers
• Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Child and Adolescent Therapists
• School Administrators