Psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, and graduate students in mental health fields are invited to join this training seminar. This training seminar teaches the Attachment Doll Play Assessment procedure, a structured symbolic attachment classification system appropriate for use with children ages 4.5-11 years (Solomon, George, & De Jong, 1995). The classification system yields the standard four attachment classification groups used in the field for children in this age group: secure, avoidant, ambivalent-resistant/dependent, and disorganized/controlling. This the only child attachment doll play system that assesses attachment defensive processes, making the doll play procedure amenable for combining with the Caregiving Interview(parental caregiving), the Caregiving Helplessness Questionnaire (George &Solomon, 2011), and the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (adult attachment) for family-based assessment.
Would you like to discuss attachment-based approaches to your psychotherapy clients with other professionals? Would you like to use the AAP in your practice but are not reliable yet? Don't plan to get reliable? In addition to using master judges to code your AAPs, you can join a consultation group. Group members bring their professional expertise to consultation. Dr. Carol George meets regularly with an AAP group of clinicians who are using the AAP in their practice. Coding and classification training must be completed. Reliability is not required. Each member presents a case from their practice. The group codes the case together and engages in therapeutic consultation. Sessions are two hours and organized once or twice a month depending on group members' schedules. Contact Dr. George at cygeorge@comcast.net for information about scheduling and consultation rates.
Editors: Carol George, Julie, Wargo-Aikins, and Melissa Lehmann. Routledge. March 2023.
ISBN 9781032104607
https://www.routledge.com/Working-with-Attachment-Trauma
" This book is a must-have resource for anyone using or considering using the AAP, and anyone interested in assessing attachment. Initial chapters provide an orientation to the foundation for the task stimuli and how responses to them are classified, its uses in practice, and a review of the neurophysiological correlates of its scores. In the remaining 13 chapters, talented experts illustrate the illuminating and unique information emerging from the AAP across a range of ages, settings, and presenting issues. Gregory J. Meyer, Ph.D., Professor, University of Toledo, former Editor of Journal of Personality Assessment
The editors have brought together an impressive group of international researchers and practitioners to highlight the clinical use of the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP). The chapters offer compelling examples of the AAP’s value for clinical practice, assessment, or intervention, especially in the context of attachment trauma and intergenerational transmission risk. It is a must for any student or practitioner working with vulnerable adults and parents and seeking to understand the fundamental underlying attachment mechanisms involved in the development of trauma and resilience. Chantal Cyr, Ph.D., Full professor, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, and Canada Research Chair in Child Attachment and Development
https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/working-with-attachment-trauma-using-lessons-from-the-aap-failed-mourning-disorganized-dysregulated-attachment-with-dr-carol-george-210/
Show Notes Page: TherapistUncensored.com/TU210
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* 8 November 2022 Therapist Uncensored conversation with Carol George. Host Sue Marriott, Carol speaks about her path in the field of attachment and the origins and clinical application of the AAP.
* 19 & 26 April 2022 Attachment Theory in Action with Carol George. Host Karen Buckwalter. Carol speak about the AAP and its clinical applications.
https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/using-the-adult-attachment-projective-aap-assessment-with-carol-george/ April 2022 conversation with host Karen Buckwalter.
Attachment Theory in https://www.tkcchaddock.org/attachment-theory-in-action-podcast