Counseling & Enrichment Center
Making a Difference in Families
800-689-0945
Heart to Heart Bonding Service
For biological, adopted or foster children whose parents find them extremely challenging.
Contact Bonnie Hines, M.S., LMHP at
402-336-4841 or 800-689-0945
Counseling & Enrichment Center
Make a difference in your child's life that will last a lifetime!
- Parents learn that how they see their children impacts their child's development
- Parents learn how to communicate a positive sense of self to their children
- Children hear adults empathize with their inner world and feel understood
- Children learn to look to their parents for safety, support, and unconditional love
- A special, close relationship forms between the parent and the child.
Children with attachment difficulties are unable to trust or form healthy relationships with their parents and others. Attachment is an emotional connection which impacts all other areas of development such as physical, neurological, cognitive, social, etc.
Children with attachment difficulties develop disturbing behaviors which keep their caregivers at a distance and reinforce these children's belief that they are unlovable. They engage in negative behaviors which can threaten the whole family's well-being.
Negative behaviors can include:
- lack of ability to give/receive affection on the terms of another
- inappropriately demanding and clingy
- low self-esteem
- extreme control issues
- difficulty learning from mistakes
- learning delays
- poor impulse control
- extreme fear and rage
- destructive to self and others
- cruelty to animals
- lying/cheating/stealing
- defecating in strange places and/or rubbing feces around the home
The Problem and the Solution with Attachment Difficulties
The Problem:
Some children fail to form healthy attachments with their parents. This can happen when children live with biological, adoptive, or foster parents. It may not be the fault of the parents. Most of the children who fail to make strong attachments have trauma(s) in their histories. Trauma can come from any of the following sources:
- Childhood neglect and/or abuse
- loss of primary caregiver (perhaps several changes of caregivers occurred in formative years)
- hospitalizations or other separation from primary caregivers
- illness or pain that cannot be alleviated by the caregiver
The Solution:
Therapy needs to provide a corrective emotional experience. Attachment is a two-way process and so treatment should involve parents and caregivers (including biological parents when reunification is an option).
Bonnie provides a "Heart to Heart" family bonding service using Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and narrative therapy techniques to:
- teach parents to see their children in a positive light and communicate that view to their children with empathy
- help children feel understood as the therapist and the parents(s) communicate knowledge of the child's inner world with empathy
- help children feel safe enough to look to their parents for safety, support, and unconditional love
- teach parents and children how to have a special, close relationship
ACCEPTENCE - SUPPORT - LOVE - EMPATHY - TRUST - BONDING
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