ACO
Treating attachment disorder & trauma - that's what we do.

Since you've come upon this site, you probably have someone you love, or someone
from whom you desperately want to feel love, that has been given a diagnosis of
Reactive Attachment Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD),
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, ADHD, Depression and other Mood Disorders,  or a
variety of other co-occurring disorders.  Or, maybe you haven't been given an
Attachment Disorder diagnosis, but you believe it explains what is going on in your
family.  You may have adopted children, children that were in out-of-home care, or
even biological children that are causing great stress in your family.  

We understand what you are going through & can help.

Families want to be happy.  Sometimes families just don't feel good - things seem
to always be going wrong.  You feel like your family is falling apart.  Happy events
are followed by unhappiness, and you wonder why you can't have a good time.  There
is no peace.  And you wonder what is going wrong.

Parents Feel..
  • alone, hopeless, and often show signs of depression
  • stressed & anxious
  • like they are crazy  and confused
  • angry
  • misunderstood and/or not believed by teachers,  grandparents, social
    workers, and therapists, sometimes even by family & close friends                  
  • inadequate as parents, a feeling often reinforced by the professionals they go
    to for help.


Children Feel...
  • mad
  • alone
  • scared
  • sad
  • hurt...

They don't want to let you know they are hurt.  They are scared to lose you.  They
have built up their defense mechanisms and freely demonstrate anger, because in
their world no one and nothing is safe.  They don't want to be vulnerable to the hurt
they believe you could cause them.  After all...someone did hurt them, someone
broke their heart.

At the root of all the explosive, defiant, destructive, controlling, vengeful,
inexplicable...  behavior is a hurt child who needs help to heal.

At ACO we believe that healing occurs best in families.  

We offer a variety of services that will help your family heal.  Please continue on
into our site for more in-depth information.  Look on this page to find links to our
other pages.  Please, feel free to contact us.
Attachment Consultants of the
Ozarks
"Helping families feel cared for, connected, and challenged to grow."
304-A  West Erie
Springfield, MO 65807
(417) 881-7151
ac@attachmentconsultants.com
Copyright @ 2010
Therapists at ACO are
trained to work with
children from the foster care
system, children adopted
internationally, as well as,
birth children with
attachment & trauma
related problems.
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