Family Therapist Alliance Predicts Change in Attachment to Caregivers for Adolescents in Psychiatric Residential Treatment

Poster Session X

Keyword: Family Relationships

Abstract: This study investigated the role of alliance with the family therapist in attachment change over seven weeks for 4,076 adolescents in a psychiatric residential treatment system. Both dimensions of attachment insecurity (anxiety and avoidance) decreased over time and better family therapist alliance was related to a steeper slope of change.

• Alannah Rivers (Presenting Author)
• Payne Winston-Lindeboom (Author)
• Michael Roeske (Author)
• Linda Ruan-Iu (Author)
• Guy Diamond (Author)