Attachment And Trauma Center

10/04/2026

Do you know these books? Bowlby’s 3rd volume…it was a big inspiration to Dr. crittenden in developing her DMM. If you know attachments, you know of Ainsworth’s “Patterns of Attachment”, it tell us about attachment in its infancy. The next 2 books put us in the world of the truest model of attachment we have, a model co-signed by Mary Ainsworth herself, the DMM developed primarily by Dr. Patricia Crittenden. The green book, “Danger, development, and Adaptation” is a place many, many (it’s a thick book;) of her papers can be found. The bottom book is by Clark Baim, a therapist who is an expert in the DMM-AAI coding method. His book is like the AAI for dummies. These books are not necessarily easy reads but they have soooo much info abt the history of attachment and the DMM.

09/28/2026

The Preschool Assessment of Attachment (PAA) is an empirically validated attachment assessment. It is video recorded. DMM analysis is used to code and classify the assessment. It uses Ainsworth’s gold standard of assessment, the Strange Situation Procedure.

It does generate an attachment strategy for the child being assessed WITH THE PARTICULAR ATTACHMENT FIGURE in the assessment. it is a dydadic procedure.

The PAA is used with children aged 18months to about 5 years old. We typically also conduct the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) with the parent to get a full picture and formulation for the dyad (parent and child).

We have training in all the DMM empirically validated assessments. They can be used to provide evidence in family court. But they are also used to support and augment treatment. Please contact us for information.

*At Attachment & Trauma Center we are doing assessments in an ongoing way as part of our Attachment Project. We are always training interns who need hours to play the “Stranger”. And we are always looking for parents and children to participate. Let us know if you would like to participate in some way.

09/25/2026

09/15/2026

UPCOMING EVENT REMINDER: Ask Us Anything! Attachment & Trauma Center of Missouri is excited to offer an “Ask Us Anything” Zoom session for professionals! Use the QR codes on the flyer to get signed up today! September 18, 2026 from 3-4pm via Zoom! Bring your questions!

09/09/2026

Attachment Unfiltered!!! There are 2 attachment models. The DMM is a lifespan model. Tune in for next episode.

09/08/2026

Yayyyy! New Segment!! We’re talking about misunderstood parts of attachment that people don’t usually talk about. Hope you guys follow along to dig deeper.

08/30/2026

Ask Us Anything! Attachment & Trauma Center of Missouri is excited to offer an “Ask Us Anything” Zoom session for professionals! Use the QR codes on the flyer to get signed up today! September 18, 2026 from 3-4pm via Zoom! Bring your questions!

08/26/2026

Here is a super easy clinical intervention for children to understand cause and effect thinking. Just get some notecards and a marker, and fill in the blanks.

08/25/2026

Attachment Unfiltered! It’s all about attachment and I can’t wait to share more with you…all the unknown and fascinating and sometimes confusing things about attachment that come to life in therapy sessions and of course the real world! I want you to really know and LOVE attachment theory, the truths, not just the social media hype. 

01/26/2026

Also! Huge thank you to Kristen Schuler for leading our first CoPlanting event! It was so fun, we can’t wait for your next rooted series!