We are an educational and public advocacy organization dedicated to halting the dangerous cruelty done to children by Attachment Therapy (AT), its associated Therapeutic Parenting practices, and other unvalidated, pseudoscientific interventions.

Attachment Therapy

Torture

Rage Reduction Session
Reparenting

Humiliation

Rage Reduction Session

A "reparenting" session
(Orange County Register)


ACT works to mobilize parents, professionals, private and governmental regulators, prosecutors, juries, and legislators to end the physical torture and emotional abuse that is AT.

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Watch part of an Attachment (Holding) Therapy demonstrated to CBS News


Are you a victim of
Attachment (Holding) Therapy?


Write us at:
victims@childrenintherapy.org

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What is AT? Essays about Attachment Therapy and why we oppose it, such as:
For Even More About AT:
Victims of AT

Accounts of some of the publicly known cases where the involvement of Attachment Therapy or Attachment Therapy Parenting has become apparent.
AT Opponents

Statements by prominent persons and organizations opposing Attachment Therapy or the specific things it does to kids.
AT Critics

Discussion of AT practices, theories, and beliefs as they are analyzed in the peer-reviewed academic and professional literature.
AT News

An archive of ACT’s occasional email newsletter covering current events about Attachment Therapy.
AT Proponents

Attachment Therapists (and proponents of AT) are recognizable by what they say.
So what do they say? Shortcut to the words of:



New!Recent postings on ACT’s Website
In His Own Words: Conrad Boeding
Conrad "Connie" Boeding was executive director of Human Passages Institute (HPI) in Lakewood, Colorado. In 2000, state investigators reported that HPI had "17 certified foster homes, 2 group homes, and 51 children in placement, 2 of which are private pay from out of state." At that time, numerous problems were identified, and notably HPI was ordered to immediately stop employing a coercive restraint practice they called "blanket holds." For an eye-opening collection of revealing quotations from this unlicensed psychotherapist, see our proponent’s page.


About Us at ACT:
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A Website We Like a Lot:
www.KidsComeFirst.info
Understanding Attachment
Understanding Attachment:
Parenting, Child Care, and Emotional Development

Published, November 2005,
By the President of ACT’s Board of Professional Advisors, published by Praeger!
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ATOT
Attachment Therapy on Trial:
The Torture and Death of Candace Newmaker

An exposé by ACT authors, published by Praeger!
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