Family Relations Institute FRI

The Family Relations Institute applies the Dynamic-Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation (DMM) to service delivery, including assessment, psychotherapy, early intervention, social work, the health services, and the courts.

The conceptual approach is a dynamic-maturational perspective on change and continuity in developmental pathways, particularly those that are associated with risk for dysfunction or psychopathology.

The primary activities of FRI are:

Courses in attachment theory
Creation and testing of developmentally and culturally sensitive DMM assessments of attachment
Training in the application of DMM assessments (in several languages and in a variety of cultures)
Research
Coding for others’ research

Administrators:
Andrea Landini (M.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist), Director
Patricia M. Crittenden (Ph.D Psychologist), Founder, Director of Research and Publication