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Holding therapy: A way of helping unattached children

Anderson, J. (1988). Holding therapy: A way of helping unattached children. Attachment Center Information Packet. Evergreen, CO: EC Publications.

Referring to children with what came to be known as Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD):

'traditional child therapies are usually not effective with these children .... [A] surprising number of unattached children have had years of therapy with little or no change in how they approach relationships' (p. 72).

 



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