The Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (IAFT) Training Course - Level 1
The Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (IAFT) Training Course, developed by family therapy expert and attachment specialist Dafna Lender, is a powerful intervention approach that addresses a wide array of issues that make their way to a therapist’s office: difficult behaviors on the part of the child, such as frequent arguments and tantrums, disobedience, and indifference; and reactive behaviors on the part of the parents, such as yelling, pleading, threatening, and giving up or giving in.
Instead of viewing the child as the problem, IAFT addresses the crux of the issue: a misalignment in the parent-child relationship. In this training course, Dafna walks students through the IAFT framework, providing therapeutic insight and concrete strategies to help families achieve meaningful and lasting change. Join us for this exciting three-part event!
In preparation for the training, participants are encouraged to purchase and read the book Integrative Attachment Family Therapy: A Clinical Guide to Heal and Strengthen the Parent-Child Relationship through Play, Co-regulation, and Meaning-Making
Research Base: IAFT is an integrative clinical model that draws upon attachment, developmental, relational, emotion-regulation, and body-based theories and interventions. IAFT has not yet been evaluated as a stand-alone treatment model in published outcome research. However, many of the approaches and interventions incorporated within IAFT have been studied independently, including Theraplay, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), attachment-focused parent-child interventions, emotion-regulation interventions, and body-based approaches. IAFT also builds upon published work describing the integration of Theraplay and DDP in work with adoptive and foster families.
Research Base: IAFT is an integrative clinical model that draws upon attachment, developmental, relational, emotion-regulation, and body-based theories and interventions. IAFT has not yet been evaluated as a stand-alone treatment model in published outcome research. However, many of the approaches and interventions incorporated within IAFT have been studied independently, including Theraplay, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), attachment-focused parent-child interventions, emotion-regulation interventions, and body-based approaches. IAFT also builds upon published work describing the integration of Theraplay and DDP in work with adoptive and foster families.