Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy @ Alloway Therapy Services

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is a treatment approach to trauma, loss, and other stressful experiences that a child may experience. DDP is based on the premise that the parent-child attachment relationship will be the central factor in the child’s subsequent healthy development. DDP involves creating a safe setting in which the child can begin to explore, resolve, and integrate a wide range of memories, emotions, and current experiences, that are frightening, shameful, avoided or denied. Safety is created through the process of creating “attachment security”, which means that the child learns to feel safe with and trust the adults who are responsible for their care.