Table of Contents

Section I. Introduction to Theory Informed Treatment and Attachment Theory. Chapter 1. Treatment within a Theoretical Model. Chapter 2. What's Wrong with the Kids we Serve in Intensive Treatment Settings and What do they Need to Heal? Chapter 3. Introduction to Attachment Theory. Chapter 4. Attachment needs within a three stage developmental framework. Section II. Supporting Healing Attachments in the Treatment Milieu. Chapter 5. How are attachments formed and how is this applied in the treatment milieu. Chapter 6. Understanding and using co-regulation of emotion as a precursor to self-regulation in the treatment milieu. Chapter 7. Executive functioning weaknesses, attachment and organization of the treatment milieu. Chapter 8. Attachment Informed limit setting within the intensive treatment milieu. Chapter 9. Rewriting (healing) shame-based self-narratives within the treatment milieu. Chapter 10. What gets in the way of the attachment informed stance for clinical caretakers? Chapter 11. Institutional support for attachment informed work. Chapter 12. Attachment informed work within the treatment milieu with special population. Chapter 13. Special Strategies and Considerations. Chapter 14. Kindness. Conclusion

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Attachment-informed relational approach to intensive child and adolescent mental health treatment

About the Author

John Stewart is a psychologist with 35 years' experience. He is Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts School of Medicine, Boston MA.

Reviews

John Stewart's new work is an excellent endeavor to describe the complex qualities that are central in developing and maintaining a milieu that provides young people with the relationships that they need to begin to trust.
*From the foreword by Dan Hughes, psychologist and founder of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy*

In Attachment-Based Milieus, John Stewart shares his original and practical approach to utilize relationship based approaches to healing. In a clear and well-written way, he provides us with the tools to leverage our Paleolithic tribal instincts in the service of plasticity and positive change
*Louis Cozolino PhD, Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine University*

John Stewart has given us a gift. This book expands our use of attachment theory and provides a road map for institutions to travel on towards more secure base milieu care.
*Guy Diamond, Director, Center for Family Intervention Science, Drexel University, Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania*