
Counselling Sessions With Families
Family Counselling using Integrative Attachment Family Therapy is available for parents and their adopted/foster child. These sessions aim to both give voice to the adopted/fostered child as well as to heal and strengthen the parent-child relationship through play, co-regulation and meaning-making.
The Key to Meaningful Change is Connection.
Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (IAFT) is a powerful intervention approach that addresses a wide array of post-adoption issues that make their way into my office. These may include difficult behaviours for parents to manage, such as frequent arguments and tantrums, separation anxiety or indifference, and reactive behaviour 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.
Integrative Attachment Family Therapy can help you and your family by uncovering the reasons for the emotional misalignment between parent and child, by discovering the source of the problem rather than focus on superficial behaviours, and by enhancing your child’s attachment security, resilience and sense of Self.
It is my aim to help you to transform your family environment into a happy and well-functioning one where your child can thrive.
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