Cambridge Centre for Attachment Information

Cambridge Centre for Attachment (CCA) is based upon the work of its directors Dr Ben Grey and Juliet Kesteven, in partnership with associated colleagues. Its heart is a collaborative multi-disciplinary network of professionals across the UK, aiming to integrate the insights of attachment theory, research, and assessment methods into their work with parents and children. CCA believes that all intervention with children and their families should be founded upon an attempt to fully understand their history and relationships, and that attachment theory offers both a non-judgemental and illuminating way to achieve this. The approach of Cambridge Centre of Attachment looks to integrate on-going relevant research with evidence based practice, to the enrichment of both. Cambridge Centre for Attachment offer bespoke assessments of risk, attachment, parenting and family relationships to Local Authorities and the Family Courts, as well as attachment-informed intervention. CCA is based in Cambridge, but offers a service across the UK. Cambridge Centre for Attachment is also the home of the Meaning of the Child Interview (MotC: www.meaningofthechild.org), an interview based assessment tool, based on attachment theory, designed to understand the nature of parent-child relationships. Dr Grey and Ms Kesteven are currently involved in training professionals, Local Authorities, and Voluntary Organisations in the use of the MotC, and supporting them in integrating the use of this procedure in their work with children and families.