Watch part of an Attachment (Holding) Therapy demonstrated to CBS News
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Attachment (Holding) Therapy?
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Attachment (Holding) Therapy?
Write us at:
victims@childrenintherapy.org
— Site Contents —
Essays about Attachment Therapy and why we oppose it, such as:- Attachment Therapy: Child Abuse by Another Name
- Abusive Techniques
- AT versus Conventional Therapies
- When Is an Evidentiary Basis on the Level?
- Valid Evidence for AT?
- AT Parenting Techniques
- Reparenting
- Government Subsidies for AT
For Even More About AT:
 Accounts of some of the publicly known cases where the involvement of Attachment Therapy or Attachment Therapy Parenting has become apparent. |
 Statements by prominent persons and organizations opposing Attachment Therapy or the specific things it does to kids. |
 Discussion of AT practices, theories, and beliefs as they are analyzed in the peer-reviewed academic and professional literature. |
 An archive of ACT’s occasional email newsletter covering current events about Attachment Therapy. |
 Attachment Therapists (and proponents of AT) are recognizable by what they say. So what do they say? Shortcut to the words of: |
Recent postings on ACT’s Website
- In Her Own Words: Martha Welch
- Martha Welch helped launch the field of coercive therapies for children with her influential book, Holding Time. Her approach, though earlier touted as an effective treatment for autism, soon became the paradigm for the “holding therapies” engaged in by AT practitioners worldwide. For an eye-opening collection of revealing quotations from this “pioneer” of Attachment Therapy, see our proponent’s page.
- AT News: Adoptive Parents Guided by Attachment Therapy Are Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
- Sharen and Michael Gravelle, an Ohio couple who kept 10 of their 11 adoptive children in cramped cages, are apparently headed to jail for six months to two years for child abuse. Their Attachment Therapist has been held to account, too. For a fuller account, see our victim page on the case.
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