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Summary: A MUST FOR HEALTHY ATTACHMENTS
Review: The ideas in this book helped me heal an attachment related problem present in my oldest child with amazingly accurate results when followed as the book describes. I have also used Holding Time with my younger children who have not had signs of anger or attachment related issues. It has been a huge blessing in strengthening the bond between us.Also recommended: The Five Love languages of Children, The Baby Book by WIlliam Sears, MD, Parenting With Love and Logic
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Summary: A fantastic resource for all parents.
Review: The technique Martha describes in this book for "synchronous bonding" is particularly valuable for adoptive families. How about a sequel?
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Summary: Marthas therapy saved my family from destruction.
Review: This book contains extrodinary information as to how to deal with children, particularly ,those with Reactive Attachment Disorder. The technique that is shown is the ONLY method I believe helps these children. I have experienced her treatment with my wife and 2 sons, one of whom had suffered with severe attachment disorder and is now finally begining to trust love. I suggest this book be read by all parents, but especially those with problematic children.
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Summary: Can I get a quack please!
Review: This book was written by a quack! It's blaming parents for their child's problems. In this day and age we should know better. AdHD and many other problems in children metioned in this book are chemical and biological. This is a cult group! Please take time out to see that, if someone told you you were in a cult at least investigate. This approch is out dated. If you have a child with Autism, read chapter 16 in a book called "Let Me Hear Your Voice" by Catherine Maurice, please before you start this Holding Therapy.
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Summary: Useful for bonding with adopted child
Review: This technique made a huge difference in the attachment process with our daughter, adopted at 11 months. I agree with some of the other reviews that it is essential to read the book carefully to practice Holding Time safely and effectively.
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Summary: Give Us All A Break!
Review: This technique was written up in Let Me Hear Your Voice by Catherine Maurice as a total, utter and absolute fraud. I am so sad that so many people are gushing over this stupidity which is only harmful to autistic children and has no basis in helping them. The insult of saying that kids are autistic since they failed to bond with their mothers should not be perpetuated and this absurd book should not be read and taken seriously by anyone.
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Summary: Holding time a great success!
Review: We used 'holding time' for those times when our older daughter went completely out of control: hitting us, spitting, trashing her room, won't stay in timeout, etc. It was very successful for us. So successful, that we almost never use it now. My wife and I found Holding Time complementary to Rosemond's 'Making the 'Terrible' Twos Terrific.' Ignore the author's insistence that the technique only works for mothers. It works with fathers, too!
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Summary: The ONLY solution for us
Review: Welch Holding Time was the only viable and effective solution to the problems we were experiencing in our family. In fact, today, it is not only a solution, but also an integral part of our lives. My husband and I adopted two children as toddlers, both of whom were experiencing attachment problems due to backgrounds of abuse and neglect. On one end of the continuum, we had a son who was aggressive, violent, defiant, and demanding. On the other end, we had a daughter who was overly compliant in her behavior, yet completely incoherent in her thought process and extremely independent and distant from her family. In trying to mother both of our children, I myself became engulfed with my own unresolved childhood issues. The rejection and the lack of control I was experiencing with them pulled me to the depths of my pain from my own childhood. My own relationship with my mother and father were also becoming more and more tense as I tried to help and mother my children. All of this created a barrier between my children and me. Welch Holding Time was the only therapy that allowed healing and resolution to this downward and painful spiral of discord within my family. Traditional methods such as play therapy, behavioral modification, and cognitive restructuring were absolutely no use. Welch bonding reached deep within myself, my parents, and, most importantly, within my hurting children. My children are finally healing and we are enjoying beautiful and reciprocal relationships. Welch Holding has allowed our children to leave behind the anger, the hurt, and the sadness and has allowed the gentleness, the kindness, and the playfulness within each one of them to surface once more. They are back to being the way God designed them to be.
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Summary: Finding Hope
Review: Welch Method Holding Time was a saving grace for us in this way; for the first time in a long time I was empowered to act in helping my family. Because of the "hands-on" approach to therapy, it appealed to my need to do something. Learning how to relate to my kids through emotional connection was tough for me, but really liberating too. My whole family had lost guidance and vision- we were operating on "survival mode". But at the intensive we connected through all of the hurt and changed; we went from fighting with each other to fighting for each other. At the end of the intensive I remember describing my sense of where we had come from and where we were going. My family was ready to explode, and I had gotten my family back. It is truly amazing to look back two years and realize the struggle from which we have come. We had lost contact with most of our friends; we had no social life, we were happiest when apart from each other, and had little hope for any long-term vision for our family other than cut our losses while we could. Leanne's assessment of my wife was "shut up and feed me." Now, life is different than ever before. We have many friends; we have a social life, we are happiest when together. I have a new, great hope for our marriage and each of our children. It has been a hard, steady road of work and progress - in working with Leanne and wondering if we were getting anywhere. Then looking back to see how she was behaving better - that she has come through so much anger and rage to a place where she wants to care about people. She still is learning how to care about people in so many ways, but I believe that is a life-long process for all of us and she's only had two years of practice. My sons are closer to me than I could have imagined. They are now 9, 15 and almost 17 years old and they are all jealous of my time.
Do we still have problems? You bet. Life happens to be full of friction and we get hurt. The key is now I have a way to help heal the hurts in my relationships.
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Summary: "Holding Time" is Kooky Fringe
Review: Welch's holding therapy, also known as "compression therapy," is dangerous. At least one parent, instructed in it by a well-known Attachment Therapist, killed his adoptive daughter while doing it. The APA and many other professional organizations have condemned as unethical and dangerous all practices like holding therapy that use coercive restraint. The best word for the Welch Method is "criminal."
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