Ebook: The neurobiology of attachment-focused therapy: enhancing connection and trust in the treatment of children and adolescents

"Uniting attachment-focused therapy and neurobiology to help distrustful and traumatised children revive a sense of trust and connection. This groundbreaking book explores how the attachment- focused family therapy model works at a neural level. Investigation of the brain science of early childhood and developmental trauma offers clinicians new insights—and powerful new methods—to help neglected and insecurely attached children regain a sense of safety and security with caring adults." --Publisher's website.;Good care and poor care: the neurodynamics of attachment and caregiving -- Blocked trust: stress and early brain development -- Blocked care: the parenting brain and the role of the caregiver -- Attachment-focused treatment: the core processes of change -- Treating blocked trust: a model for brain-based trust-building in parent-child dyads -- Practicing openness: awakening trust and engagement with relational processing and fear extinction -- Healing stories: prosody, integrative narratives, and co-creation of meaning -- Playing in safety: strengthening attachment bonds with delight and co-regulation of affect -- Treating blocked care: guidelines for working with parents -- Therapeutic presence: brain-based approaches to staying open and engaged with caregivers and children -- Expanding the model: mindfulness, neurofeedback, and more.