Attachment Therapy on Trial: The Torture and Death of Candace Newmaker

by Jean Mercer, Larry Sarner, Linda Rosa

Book Overview

Candace Newmaker was an adopted girl whose mother felt the child suffered from an emotional disorder that prevented loving attachment. The mother sought attachment therapy--a fringe form of psychotherapy--for the child and was present at her death by suffocation during that therapy. This text examines the beliefs of the girl's mother and the unlicensed therapists, showing that the death, though unintentional, was a logical outcome of this form...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275976750
• ISBN13: 9780275976750
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"