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Hi: My understanding is that an intensive is not a cure but a good jumpstart for some children who need it. Weekly follow up with a trained attachment expert is necessary.
With our son, we started out with weekly sessions as our therapist was new - trained with Dan Hughes and Greg Keck - and she was on her own. She didn't do intensives yet.
I was taught how to parent Nik and how to have him sit in my lap and let out his feelings in a nurturing environment. We still do this and it helps to regulate him. He doesn't see a therapist anymore except for neurofeedback. Really, I feel like therapy mom now lol.
We started treatment when he was 7 and he is now 11. He was severely attachment disordered but is healing. I think his healing process will take many years after four years in a Romanian orphanage.
Talk soon!
Nancy G.
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