@article{ref1,
title="Restoring safety: an attachment-based approach to clinical work with a traumatized toddler",
journal="Infant mental health journal",
year="2015",
author="Ribaudo, Julie",
volume="37",
number="1",
pages="80-92",
abstract="This clinical case study explores the integration of infancy research, brain development, attachment theory, and models of infant-parent/child-parent psychotherapy to address the needs of abused and neglected young children placed in foster or adoptive homes. Traumatized children employ defensive strategies to survive when there is no &quot;good enough&quot; caregiver (D.W. Winnicott, , p. 94), and helping professionals can provide therapeutic experiences to develop or restore a child's sense of safety. With the case example of Anthony and his foster/adoptive parents, I illustrate how to manage and contain a traumatized child's terror, rage, and grief through therapeutic sessions with the parent and child together, and supportive parental guidance. I promote attention to the child's ability to self-integrate and to regulate his own affect, and encourages secure-base parental responses that facilitate a child's shift toward secure attachment behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-9641",
doi="10.1002/imhj.21549",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21549"
}