David Oppenheim, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel, and Associate Editor of Infant Mental Health Journal. He has been involved in attachment research for more than 20 years, focusing on the importance of secure, emotionally open parent-child relations for children's development and mental health. Dr. Oppenheim has also studied how secure attachments are fostered by parental insightfulness into the child's inner world, and has applied attachment concepts and methods in research on clinical populations. He is actively involved in lecturing and writing on the clinical applications of attachment. Douglas F. Goldsmith, PhD, is a practicing psychologist and Executive Director of The Children's Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah, which specializes in the treatment of families with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. His work focuses on the assessment and treatment of attachment problems, and he has published several articles regarding the application of attachment theory to clinical practice. Dr. Goldsmith holds adjunct faculty appointments in the Departments of Educational Psychology, Psychology, and Psychiatry at the University of Utah.
I. Clinical Use of Attachment Research Assessments 1. Constructing a Relationship Formulation for Mother and Child: Clinical Application of the Working Model of the Child Interview
Charles H. Zeanah 2. Keeping the Inner World of the Child in Mind: Using the Insightfulness Assessment with Mothers in a Therapeutic Preschool
Nina Koren-Karie
David Oppenheim
and Douglas F. Goldsmith 3. Intervening with Maltreated Children and Their Adoptive Families: Identifying Attachment-Facilitative Behavior
Miriam Steele
Jill Hodges
Jeanne Kaniuk
Howard Steele
Debra D'Agostino
Inga Blom
Saul Hillman
and Kay Henderson 4. The Role of Caregiver Commitment in Foster Care: Insights from the This Is My Baby Interview
Mary Dozier
Damion Grasso
Oliver Lindhiem
and Erin Lewis 5. Parental Resolution of the Child's Diagnosis and the Parent-Child Relationship: Insights from the Reaction to Diagnosis Interview
David Oppenheim
Smadar Dolev
Nina Koren-Karie
Efrat Sher-Censor
Nurit Yirmiya
and Shahaf SalomonII. Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy 6. Attachment and Trauma: An Integrated Approach to Treating Young Children Exposed to Family Violence
Amy L. Busch and Alicia F. Lieberman 7. The Circle of Security Project: A Case Study-"It Hurts to Give That Which You Did Not Receive
" Bert Powell
Glen Cooper
Kent Hoffman
and Robert Marvin 8. Challenging Children's Negative Internal Working Models: Utilizing Attachment-Based Treatment Strategies in a Therapeutic Preschool
Douglas F. Goldsmith 9. Disorganized Mother
Disorganized Child: The Mentalization of Affective Dysregulation and Therapeutic Change
Arietta Slade