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A general introduction to attachment disorder Clinical psychologist Niels Peter Rygaard (who is also an adoptive father) gives an introduction to the term "attachment disorder", it's general causes, and his book about treatment. After having treated the severe consequences of early deprivation in adopted children for some decades, Dr. Rygaard is presently working as an adoptive family therapist, and has initiated a European general education program for orphanage staffs in promoting attachment-based caretaking. His policies have positively influenced the legal adoption process in Denmark, including mandatory pre-and postadoption education conducted by the Danish State authorities, free of charge. Therapy with adoptees in puberty The background of these reflections is a number of therapies with a uniform content matter: the adopted child enters puberty, and the family experiences a number of serious conflicts to the surprise of those involved. These conflicts often contain the element of intense anger towards the adoptive parents, some times even violence. I have tried to convey some reflections on useful ways of understanding this chain of events, hoping that they can be useful for therapists when planning the therapeutic sessions: 1. What is special about the bonding process between adoptive parents and the adoptee? 2. What problems may be generated by these circumstances? 3. How can you work?