M-MAT Multi-Modal Attachment Therapy

M-MAT Multi-Modal Attachment Therapy is a new therapy model for working with children who have experienced developmental trauma, or early disruption or injury in their attachment to their primary caregiver. Multi-Modal Attachment Therapy (M-MAT) is a structured attachment therapy with the primary focus on healing attachment injuries through adult/child interactions, integrating both play and talk therapies.M-MAT is a two-pronged approach with both a play and a talk component. The play...
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M-MAT Multi-Modal Attachment Therapy is a new therapy model for working with children who have experienced developmental trauma, or early disruption or injury in their attachment to their primary caregiver. Multi-Modal Attachment Therapy (M-MAT) is a structured attachment therapy with the primary focus on healing attachment injuries through adult/child interactions, integrating both play and talk therapies.M-MAT is a two-pronged approach with both a play and a talk component. The play component utilizes largely non-verbal forms of communication, connection and nurturing, such as mirroring, rhythm, touch and eye contact.The talk component engages the power of language and the child's thoughts by addressing cognitive distortions, responsibility, and self-concept through re-storying, skill building and psychoeducation, creating a new narrative in which the child can organize and make sense of his/her experiences in a healthy, adaptive way.The two components together reinforce each other, allow for deeper integration and healing, and are far more powerful than either alone. Together they access many parts of the brain and harness the incredible healing power inherent in both left and right brain modalities.The book provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for implementing the M-MAT model.