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When Migration Separates Children and Parents: Searching for Repair
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Lieberman, Alicia F.; Bucio, Griselda Oliver – ZERO TO THREE, 2018
This article describes the impact on young children of sudden and extended separation from a primary attachment figure. It recommends clinical intervention when the child's development and family functioning are negatively affected by the severity of the child's symptoms, and it highlights key treatment modalities derived from Child-Parent…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Young Children, Family Relationship, Public Policy
Making Sense of the Past Creates Space for the Baby: Perinatal Child-Parent Psychotherapy for Pregnant Women with Childhood Trauma
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Narayan, Angela J.; Bucio, Griselda Oliver; Rivera, Luisa M.; Lieberman, Alicia F. – ZERO TO THREE, 2016
Childhood experiences of interpersonal trauma often leave a legacy of painful emotions and memories that can be especially destructive when adults transition to parenthood. In this article, the authors present a promising treatment approach, Perinatal Child-Parental Psychotherapy (P-CPP), adapted from evidence-based Child-Parent Psychotherapy…
Descriptors: Trauma, Perinatal Influences, Psychotherapy, Parent Child Relationship
Early Intervention for Families Exposed to Chronic Stress and Trauma: The Attachment Vitamins Program
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Hulette, Annmarie C.; Dunham, Mackenzie; Davis, Mindy; Gortney, Jason; Lieberman, Alicia F. – ZERO TO THREE, 2016
This article describes the Attachment Vitamins program, a trauma-informed parent group intervention for families with young children. Attachment Vitamins is a relational psychoeducational intervention based on the principles of Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). Its goal is to repair the impact of chronic stress and trauma through strengthening the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Anxiety, Trauma, Family Programs
Child Exposure to Violence as a Public Health Emergency
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Lieberman, Alicia F.; Soler, Esta – ZERO TO THREE, 2013
Children's exposure to violence is a national crisis. The high prevalence of exposure to violence in infancy and early childhood has implications for lifelong health and development because early experiences are most influential in shaping the structure and functioning of the brain, the quality of attachments and other relationships, and the…
Descriptors: Violence, Public Health, Child Development, Brain
Traumatic and Stressful Events in Early Childhood: Can Treatment Help Those at Highest Risk?
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Ippen, Chandra Ghosh; Harris, William W.; Van Horn, Patricia; Lieberman, Alicia F. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objective: This study involves a reanalysis of data from a randomized controlled trial to examine whether child-parent psychotherapy (CPP), an empirically based treatment focusing on the parent-child relationship as the vehicle for child improvement, is efficacious for children who experienced multiple traumatic and stressful life events (TSEs).…
Descriptors: Trauma, Community Services, Behavior Problems, Family Violence
Child-Parent Psychotherapy: 6-Month Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Lieberman, Alicia F.; Ippen, Chandra Ghosh; Van Horn, Patricia – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To examine the durability of improvement in child and maternal symptoms 6 months after termination of child-parent psychotherapy (CPP). Method: Seventy-five multiethnic preschool-age child-mother dyads from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds were randomly assigned to (1) CPP or (2) case management plus community referral for individual…
Descriptors: Evidence, Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Mothers