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Dan Hughes, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who began to specialize 25 years ago in the treatment of abused and neglected children and youth within the context of their foster and adoptive homes.

Discovering that many of these children had great difficulty utilizing their parents in their efforts to resolve their past experiences of trauma, abandonment, and loss, Dr. Hughes turned to attachment theory and research to better understand these children and youth and provide more effective interventions for them and their parents. He gradually expanded his model of treatment to apply to other families as well and it became known as Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP).

Dr. Hughes is a consultant and trainer for treatment programs and therapists throughout the US, Canada, and the UK. He is affiliated with the Institute for the Arts and Psychotherapy Graduate Program as well as Family Futures Treatment Program in London, UK. He is the author of Facilitating Developmental Attachment (1997) and Building the Bonds of Attachment (1998, 2nd Edition, 2006). A recent summary of DDP can be found in his article, "An Attachment-Based Treatment of Maltreated Children and Young People, Attachment and Human Development", 2004, 6, 263-278.

Other Dan Hughes Workshops in Ontario

February 22, 2010 Hamilton ON

February 26, 2010 Hamilton ON