ABOUT ROY HOLLAND, MD FRCP (C)
I have spent a lifetime in practice, working with children and families. For three decades I was Clinical Director of a provincial treatment program for adolescents in British Columbia. On a personal note, my wife Gillian and I fill our lives with our children and grandchildren.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My practice with youth and families developed over the span of my lifetime, and results from the collaborative efforts of countless people. I am immensely grateful to the many youth workers, social workers, family therapists, program managers and coordinators, community mental health agencies, clinicians, consultants, treatment facilities, universities, researchers, mentors, and colleagues from the psychology and psychiatric fields who have generously contributed to my understanding and use of Attachment Theory, as it guides my work.
I continue to be informed by the attachment processes of children and families.
The information in this site is provided with the hope that others may advance and share their understanding of human attachment.
RESEARCH
1980 – 1982
(In collaboration with Epidemiological Unit, McMaster-Chedoke, D. Offord, Director). An epidemiological study to determine the prevalence of 6 childhood disorders (Antisocial Behaviour, Neurosis, Somatization, Hyperactivity, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse) in province of Ontario.
An investigation of variables associated with placement in a behaviour exceptionality class in Hamilton, Wentworth, including educational, family, social, and individual factors.
1989 – 2017
MATC Response Programme. Evaluation & research in collaboration with SFU Department of Psychology.
Attachment Theory-violence; juvenile delinquency-Conduct Disorder and related disorders
2004 – 2017
Maples Attachment Parenting Principles Group, Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, Burnaby, B.C. Developed and co-authored manual that offers clinical support on a weekly basis to group leaders and educating social workers and childcare staff.
2004 – 2017
Bifröst Program
PRESENTATIONS
2017
Provincial Connect Leaders Parent Program Training
2007 Conduct Disorder and Attachment Theory, at conference ‘The kids, the home, and the outsiders’, in Edinburgh Scotland
2006 Attachment Training Workshop (November 6 at Maple Ridge School Board)
2005 Attachment Training Workshops (Feb 16 at Provincial School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Feb 18 at Fort St. John, Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), M.H.C.; Feb 25 at Provincial Assessment Unit, Community Living BC; April 20 at U.A.C.F. SS.; May 2 at Hope, MCFD, M.H.C.; Aug 24 at BC Children’s Hospital; Sept 14 at Squamish, MCFD; October 26 at Terrace, MCFD, M.H.C.)
2004 Understanding Youth in Crisis. Capilano College Continuing Education, Eldercollege Spring Program, Vancouver, B.C.
2003 Promising Strategies in Adolescent Mental Health – Evidence Based Directives and Treatment – Conference Sponsored by the Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Holland, R., Moore, K., Obsuth, I., Luedemann, M., Peled, M., & Moretti, M.M., Attachment and aggression towards others and self. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), San Francisco, CA (October 2002)
Booth, C., & McKay, S., Attachment theory to attachment in practice: the Orinoco program. Presented at the symposium on Aggressive youth: Psychiatric profiles, attachment issues and intervention models. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), Honolulu, Hawaii (October 2002)
Holland, R., Moore, K. & Rondenet M., Attachment and internal self-other representations: Implications for intervention. Presented at the symposium on Aggressive youth: Psychiatric profiles, attachment issues and intervention models. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), Honolulu, Hawaii (October 2001)
2000 VOTP Violent Offenders Training Program Planning and Training Event Violence in the Family: Intergenerational Patterns of Intimacy
2000 American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 47th Annual Meeting, New York. Gender, Aggression, and Attachment: Research and Clinical Perspectives. Moretti, Ayduk, Holland, Moore, Odgen
1997 American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 44th Annual Meeting Canadian Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 17th Annual Meeting Community Based Programs for Conduct disordered Youth-recent advances and challenges. Moretti, Holland, Moore, Offord.
1996 American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 43rd Annual Meeting Attachment Theory –self other representations and conduct disorder. Moretti, Holland, Scharfe, Moore
1995 American Academy of Child Psychiatry, New Orleans. 1. Holland, R., Moretti, M., Scharfe, E., Lessard, J., & Moore, K.
Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Victoria, BC. Holland, R., Moretti, M., Scarfe, E., Lessard, J., & Moore, K. Attachment and adolescent psychopathology: Theory and Research.
1995 Society for Psychotherapy Research, Vancouver, BC. Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., Moore, K., & Quan. J. Attachment theory: An ecological model for understanding and working with adolescents and their social networks.
1995 Cooperative University-Provincial Psychiatric liaison, Smithers, BC, Holland, R., Moore, K., Campbell, J., Ewashen, A. & Sanghera, B. Caring for youth: the attachment perspective
1994 American Academy of Child Psychiatry, New York. Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., Quan, J., Moore, K., & Brown, K. Attachment and conduct disorder: Theory and models of care.
1994 Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Ottawa, Ontario. 1. Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., Quan, J., Moore, K. & Brown, K. Attachment and conduct disorder: theory and models of care.2. Reebye, P., Lessard, J., Moretti, M.M. & Kutcher, S. Conduct disorder and substance use: Research and clinical implications.
1994 Canadian Psychological Association, Penticton, BC. Lessard, J., Moretti, M.M. Holland, R., & Peterson, S. Conduct disorder and separation anxiety: Implications for attachment.
1993 Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Banff. Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., Moore, K., & Quan, J. Attachment: An organizing principle underlying a continuum of care for disaffiliated youths
1993 Children at Risk, Burnaby, BC. The Importance of attachment in the provision of mental health services for adolescents.
1993 Western Division, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Vancouver, BC Attachment and conduct disorder: Evaluation of the Response Program.
1993 Forensic Psychiatric Commission, Grand Rounds. Attachment and conduct disorder: Treatment issues.
1993 BC Children’s Hospital, Grand Rounds. Evaluation of a program for conduct disorder.
1993 Royal Columbian Hospital, Educational Lectures Series. Attachment and conduct disorder.
1992 Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Montreal, Quebec. Holland, R., & Moretti, M. Attachment and adolescence: A theoretical perspective and ecologically based program for disaffiliated youths and their communities.
1991 Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Saskatoon, Sask. Holland, R., Offord, D. Shamsie, I., & Moretti, M.M. Conduct disorder: New perspectives in the provision of care.
1990 BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC. Psychology Department’s Professional Development Series. Holland, R. New perspectives in the provision of care.
1990 Best of Care Conference, Ottawa: presenter
1989 BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC Psychology Department’s Professional Development Series. Holland, R. Conduct disorder as a coping style in adolescents.
1989 1st Annual Conference of senior administrative and educational staff northwest region of Ontario of Detention and Assessment Centres. Panelist-Topic: Antisocial Behaviour and Learning Disorders in Adolescence.
1982 American Psychiatric Association: Co-Chair session A Canadian-American historical perspective of antecedents of psychiatry.
1982 Ontario Federation of High School Teachers- Timmins, Ontario. Topic: Antisocial Behaviour in Adolescence.
1981 Canadian Psychiatric Association- Winnipeg- with members of epidemiology unit, Offord, D., Rae Grant, N. & Crawford, An epidemiological study: to determine prevalence of disorders of childhood in the province of Ontario: Hyperactivity, Antisocial Behaviour, Drug Abuse, Somatization, Neurosis, Alcohol Abuse
PAPERS
Holland, R., Moretti, M.M. & Moore, K. (1995). Attachment theory and conduct disorder: A theoretical integration. Attachment theory and violence-a comprehensive model.
Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., & Peterson, S. (1994). Long-term efficacy of an attachment based program for conduct disorder. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 39, 360-370.
Holland, R., Moretti, M.M., Verlann, V. & Peterson, S. (1993). Attachment and conduct disorder: The Response Programme. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 38, 420-421.
Holland, R., & Moretti, M. Verlann, V. & Peterson, S. (1992). A treatment strategy for youth with conduct disorder. Youth Update, 11,2.
Dermer, S.W., Holland, R. (1980). Care of the Recovering Schizophrenic. What Can the family Doctor Do? Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 26, Dec. 1980.
PUBLICATIONS
Holland, R. & Hunter, V. (2018). Parenting: The Joy and Pain. Vancouver, BC. Holland & Hunter.
Moretti., M., Holland, R.V., Braber, K., Cross, S. (2007) Attachment Training Manual. Training Manual for Child Care, Social Worker, Psychology Professionals.
Moretti, M., Holland, R., Braber, K., Cross, S., Obsuth, I. (2006) Connect: Working with parents from an Attachment Perspective. A Principle-Based Manual. Consultation Edition.
Obsuth, I., Moretti, M., Holland, R., Braber, K. Cross, S. (2006) Conduct Disorder: New directions in promoting effective parenting and strengthening parent-adolescent relationships. Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Review, 15, 6-15.
Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., Moore, K, Cross, S. (2004). An attachment-based parenting program for caregivers of severely conduct disordered adolescents: Preliminary findings. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 19 170-179.
Moretti, M.M. & Holland, R. (2002). Navigating the journey of adolescence: Paternal attachment and the self from a systemic perspective. In S. Johnson & V. Whiffen (Eds.), Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory, Guildford: New York
Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., & Moore, K. (2002). Youth at risk: Systemic intervention from an attachment perspective (pp.233-252). In M.V. Hayes and L.T. Foster (Eds), Too small to see, too big to ignore. Victoria: Western Geographic Series, University of Victoria.
Moretti, M.M., Holland, R. & McKay, S. (2001). Self-other representations and relational and overt aggression in adolescent girls and boys. Behavioural Sciences and the Law, 19, 109-126.
Moretti, M.M., McKay, S. & Holland, R. (2000) The Comprehensive Adolescent-parent Attachment Inventory (CAPAI). Unpublished measure and data. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
Holland, R., Moretti, M.M. & Moore, K. (1995). Attachment theory and conduct disorder: A theoretical integration. Attachment theory and violence – a comprehensive model.
Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., Quan, J. & Moore, K. (1995) Attachment and conduct disorder: Theory and models of care. Canadian Child Psychiatric Bulletin, 2, 24-26.
Moretti, M.M., Holland, R., & Peterson, S. (1994). Long-term efficacy of an attachment based program for conduct disorder. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 39, 360-370.
Holland, R., Moretti, M.M., Verlann, V., Peterson, S. (1993). Attachment and conduct disorder: The response programme. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 38, 420-421.
Holland, R., & Moretti, M.M., (1993). Attachment and conduct disorder. Canadian Child Psychiatric Bulletin, 2, 76-77.
Holland, R. & Moretti, M., Verlann, V. & Peterson, S. (1992). A treatment strategy for youth with conduct disorder. Youth Update, 11,2.
Dernier, S.W., Holland, R. (1980). Care of the Recovering Schizophrenic. What Can the family Doctor Do? Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 26, Dec. 1980.
