Attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) has been shown to be helpful in treating adolescents who are depressed and/or thinking about suicide.

What is the best therapy for attachment disorder?

There is no standard treatment for reactive attachment disorder. However, there has been success in using trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy as a treatment. This can help to treat the underlying attachment issues and promote emotion regulation.

Is attachment therapy evidence based?

This form of therapy, including diagnosis and accompanying parenting techniques, is scientifically unvalidated and is not considered to be part of mainstream psychology or, despite its name, to be based on attachment theory, with which it is considered incompatible.