For both children and foster parents, transition into and life in a foster family may be, and often is, a difficult and stressful period. Through mutual interaction, both sides face the challenges related to accommodation, bonding and development of trust. Research suggests that almost all children living in foster families had, before being separated from their biological families, been exposed to multiple negative influences, and later, in foster families, show signs of insecure attachment style, which, in combination with the foster parents’ lack of awareness and understanding of the attachment phenomenon, exacerbates their status in the new environment and negatively affects family relationships. Some research indicates that systematic application of art therapy techniques and harmonisation of mutual interactions through creative work can be conducive to the establishment of relations of trust and closeness within the foster family, which, eventually, may help develop secure attachment in foster children. This research provides insight into the experiences of a foster family during the application of art therapy techniques and seeks to shed light on the participants' communication patterns that influence the development of secure attachment. The results of the research confirm how important the development of trust in foster families is as a process, which in the current circumstances, with little available support, is not taking the direction of developing secure attachment. Mutual harmonization and connection through a carefully designed and long-term implementation of an art therapy program, the results confirm, can be helpful to all members of foster families and facilitate the process of building trust and closeness, key prerequisites for well-being of children in alternative care.
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