This book describes the development of the Child-Centred Attachment Therapy (CcAT) model of working with children with attachment difficulties. The authors describe, in a vivid and accessible manner, the complexities involved in supporting parents in their struggles to respond positively to the needs of children who have been traumatised b
About Child-Centred Attachment Therapy -- Preface -- Calling Home -- The long-term impact of attachment difficulties on families -- Background to the development of CcAT: a programme for fostering mutual attachment between child and carer -- From theory to practice: CcAT as a “working model” -- Phase 2 of the CcAT programme (1996). Brief evaluation of the pilot project: our learning from adoptive families -- Phase 3 of the project (1997–2007) -- Re-evaluating CcAT: its potential in child protection work -- CcAT therapists' learning and users' perspectives; professionals' perspectives -- A future for CcAT: spreading the word among professionals -- Overall learning from CcAT: who can benefit -- Epilogue -- CcAT: child's attachment behaviours -- CcAT parent's attachment questionnaire -- Life story work and life story books -- Structure of CcAT Programme -- CcAT work with carers -- Child-centred attachment work -- Ascertaining the wishes and feelings of children