Attachment-based family therapy for depressed adolescents.

Diamond, Guy; Diamond, Gary M.; Levy, Suzanne

doi:10.1037/14296-000

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“…To achieve these goals, ABFT is organized around five treatment tasks: (1) The Relational Reframe; (2) Adolescent Alliance; (3) Parent Alliance; (4) Repairing Attachment; and (5) Promoting Autonomy (Diamond, Diamond, & Levy, 2013). Tasks are not the same as sessions, and they may take several sessions to accomplish.…”

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Attachment-based family therapy for depressed and suicidal adolescents: theory, clinical model and empirical support

Ewing

Diamond

Levy

2015

Attachment & Human Development

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Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) is a manualized family-based intervention designed for working with depressed adolescents, including those at risk for suicide, and their families. It is an empirically informed and supported treatment. ABFT has its theoretical underpinnings in attachment theory and clinical roots in structural family therapy and emotion focused therapies. ABFT relies on a transactional model that aims to transform the quality of adolescent-parent attachment, as a means of providing the adolescent with a more secure relationship that can support them during challenging times generally, and the crises related to suicidal thinking and behavior, specifically. This article reviews: (1) the theoretical foundations of ABFT (attachment theory, models of emotional development); (2) the ABFT clinical model, including training and supervision factors; and (3) empirical support.

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Attachment-based family therapy for depressed and suicidal adolescents: theory, clinical model and empirical support

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2015

Attachment & Human Development

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“…Diamond's work is well researched in addressing depression in teens (Diamond et al 2014). Jones (2010) stresses the importance of therapists as the ''keeper of the conversation'' between family members.…”

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Two Case Studies on Family Work with Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues

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Pollack

2015

Clin Soc Work J

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This article highlights the need for clinicians who work with eating disorders and body image problems to address the deeper family issues underlying these symptoms. The authors propose an eclectic approach including family systems, structural and experiential family therapy theory as a guide. The paper begins with an overview of family therapy theories currently used in the treatment of eating disorders, and goes into greater detail about the three theories highlighted in the eclectic model proposed. The authors present two cases with actual case dialogue, demonstrating how they used this composite model. This article has both theoretical and practical implications for clinicians working in the field.

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“…This is noteworthy since many effective therapeutic modalities (emotionally focused therapy, attachment-based family therapy, structural family therapy) involve the use of enactments or prompting a person to share their thoughts, needs, or wishes with another [12][13][14]. For instance, a parent might share that their child has been less irritable since following a behavior plan and taking her medication as prescribed.…”

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Building Strengths with the Six Es of Medication Management

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The authors provide a template of focused skills drawn from various psychotherapy modalities for integration into follow-up psychopharmacology appointments. Titled the Six E model, this approach includes strategies to elicit an agenda, externalize the presenting problem, seek exceptions, engage empathetically, utilize enactments, and offer education. The template was trialed in a child and adolescent outpatient residency clinic under the guidance of two attendings. Qualitative feedback was solicited from fellows following utilization of the template. The Six E model was felt to improve structure and subjective satisfaction of patient, family, and provider participating in the brief appointments.

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Attachment-based family therapy for depressed adolescents.

Cited by 185 publications

References 133 publications

Attachment-based family therapy for depressed and suicidal adolescents: theory, clinical model and empirical support

Attachment-based family therapy for depressed and suicidal adolescents: theory, clinical model and empirical support

Two Case Studies on Family Work with Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues

Building Strengths with the Six Es of Medication Management

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