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Volume 20

International Journal of Emergency Mental

Health and Human Resilience

ISSN: 1522-4821

Mental Health 2018

April 26-27, 2018

April 26-27, 2018 | Rome, Italy

International Conference on

Mental Health and Human Resilience

An explorationof the value ofMarteMeo therapy in improving resilience andattachment relationships

between caregivers and their children

Geraldine Maughan

and

Carmel Bracken

Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland

Aim:

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the value of Marte Meo therapy in establishing, re-establishing and

supporting attachment and resilient relationships between caregivers and their children. These researches examined previous

works on attachment theory and suggest ways in which the Marte Meo method may provide a practical application of this

theory.

Methods:

There was a brief history of attachment theory and a review of relevant literature which includes such theorists

as Bowlby, Ainsworth, Main, Stern, Schore and Aarts and makes reference to others in the area of attachment. A qualitative

approach was decided uponwhereby themethods chosenwere as follows; two focus groups and three interviews were convened.

Applying an interpretive approach, thematic analysis led to a number of themes to emerge. Direct quotes authenticated the

research and gave it an experiential aspect.

Results:

The findings suggest that Marte Meo therapy clearly supports caregivers to form attachments with their children

throughout the developing therapeutic relationship between caregiver and therapist, through the information given to

caregivers from the analysis of their film and through the selection of pictures which allow caregivers to see their child, often

for the first time.

Conclusions:

In light of this research, it would seem Marte Meo Therapy should not be assimilated into attachment theory or

any other theories, its effectiveness may lie in its practical nature and concreteness. Research participants suggested Marte Meo

therapy as an intervention is sometimes overlooked because it has not been researched or written about in a significant way..

Biography

Geraldine Maughan has received certificate in Counseling, Psychology and Psychotherapy. She became an accredited Marte Meo Therapist (improving

communication and relationships between caregiver’s and young people). She completed MA in Therapeutic Child Care. She is currently pursuing her PhD study

at Trinity College Dublin. She is the Founder and Director of ASCEND which is a recent development in LIT research group.

Geraldine.maughan@lit.ie

Geraldine Maughan et al., Int J Emerg Ment Health 2018, Volume 20

DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C1-011