Trauma, attachment, and family therapy with grandfamilies: A model for treatment

Deena D. Strong, Roy A. Bean and Leslie L. Feinauer

Children and Youth Services Review, 2010, vol. 32, issue 1, 44-50

Abstract: Population estimates indicate that approximately 1.5Â million children are in grandparent-headed households without any parents present. This type of grandfamily is often created when biological parents are unable or unwilling to care for their children. Trauma is often experienced as a precursor to, or a consequence of, the biological parents' inability or unwillingness to care for their children. The well-being of both grandparent and grandchild may be affected in grandfamilies. A treatment model is presented that integrates trauma, attachment, and family systems theories and proposes that healing is facilitated through the emerging attachment between the grandparent and grandchild.

Keywords: Grandfamilies; Trauma; Attachment; Family; therapy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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