What Happens when Attachment is Disrupted

I.       Case Vignettes

A.   Mark’s Window

B.   Suzi and Joey

C.   Tommy’s 20

II.    Regression in Kids with Attachment Disruptions

A.   Lying

B.   Hurting

C.   Stealing

III.  Why Attachment Disruption causes Regression

A.   Brain Overview

1.     Fist

a)    Lizard

b)    Puppy

c)     Computer

B.   Threats to Safety

1.     Flipping the Lid

IV.Object Relations – More about Why

A.   Theories

1.     Freud, Klein, Mahler, Winnicott, Bowlby…

2.     “Objects”

3.     Brain Research


B.   Object Relations Theory

1.     Vignettes

C.   (selected) Stages of Object Relations Development

1.     Infant one with mother (Symbiosis)

a)    object permanence starting

2.     Checking, Exploring (Differentiation)

3.     Practicing

a)    object constancy starting

D.   Trauma and/or neglect → Symptoms

1.     Suzi’s Lying

2.     Viktor’s Tantrum

3.     Mark’s Window

V.   What To Do?

A.   Parent Education

B.   Attachment Attachment Attachment

C.   Consequences and Limits with Attachment

D.   Therapeutic Interventions

1.     Theraplay

2.     Rebuilding Cognitive Systems

a)    Narrative Therapy
b)    Schema Therapy

3.     Dyadic Developmental Therapy

4.     EMDR, Clinical Hypnosis, Biofeedback…