Advance your skills in IAFT with a small group of clinicians led by family therapy expert and attachment specialist Dafna Lender, Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (IAFT) developer.
Receive case consultation by being given opportunities to present a case or a clinical situation and get answers from Dafna.
Practicing skills through live demos and small group work, you will learn and practice skills such as:
Setting up an IAFT session do's and don'ts
How to implement attachment-based activities to help a child feel connected and cared for by their parent
How to help a child understand what their underlying wishes, motives, beliefs, and feelings are underneath their problem behaviors
How to facilitate a Deliberate Dialogue, which focuses on healthy communication and connection, between a parent and child
Guiding parents to avoid criticism and lectures in session
Keeping a child regulated and cooperative in session
Knowing when it's time to work with the parents in individual sessions
Helping parents in individual sessions to develop self-regulation and self-compassion
Guiding parents to set realistic boundaries with children
You will receive resources such as handouts, worksheets, and articles related to the topics discussed and practiced.
Meet other professionals who share your perspective and challenges.
Limited to a small group of participants.
As a prerequisite, you must have completed Integrative Attachment Family Therapy LEVEL 1 (previously called "Integrative Attachment Family Therapy").
CEs are not offered for IAFT Level 2 as this is more hands-on and practical training.
*Meetings will be recorded for those who can't attend all the sessions or even part of a session.
“Dafna Lender’s framework, Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (IAFT), uses the power of neuroplasticity to provide parents and children with new experiences of safety and connection that shift trauma-informed relationships. It offers a powerful mental health intervention that can help families to heal. If parents and therapists follow Dafna’s guidance, they can make significant progress in reducing attachment trauma in future generations.”
Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Dafna is a child and family therapist with over 20 years of experience. She is a certified trainer, supervisor, and consultant in Theraplay® and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, and coauthor of Theraplay: The Practitioner’s Guide. Dafna has successfully treated children and their parents with a variety of backgrounds, including children raised in orphanages, with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, exposed to domestic violence and community violence and children of parents with chronic mental illness and attachment wounds. Dafna provides trainings and consultations for psychologists and psychotherapists around the world.
Counselors, Social Workers, Psychotherapists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Addictions Counselors, Occupational Therapists, Case Managers, Mental Health Professionals, Parents, Teachers and Caregivers.
This program is offered at the introductory level. It is suitable for graduate level learning and accessible for anyone with an interest in the subject.
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