By close analysis of psychotherapy transcripts, the authors found that therapists of clients with a dismissing attachment style struggled to find a coherent joint narrative that would aid in understanding the clients' early and painful attachment problems. None of these studies explicitly explores the question of links between early attachment experiences of therapists and how those experiences affect the alliance. Why are human infants so exquisitely tuned-in to the emotional world of others and so sensitive to possible abandonment? Attachment theory and affect regulation: The dynamic development, and cognitive consequences of attachment-related strategies. The secure-base hypothesis: Global attachment, attachment to counselor, and session exploration in psychotherapy.

This presentation describes the crucial role of the foster carer and adoptive parent in facilitating their child’s movement toward attachment security and the development of a coherent life story and integrated sense of self.

Clients who were less deactivating worked better with more deactivating case managers, as rated by clients.

David Wallin offers a brilliant leap in realizing the clinical promise of attachment theory, a synthesis that should be required reading--and will be rewarding--for every psychotherapist. Fearful” individuals (negative self, negative other) view others as uncaring and unavailable; they view themselves as unlovable. Comment: The content-analytic approach used by the authors does justice to the richness of the database. The group participants were 23 insecurely attached, never married women, most of whom were categorized on the Bartholomew system as having either a dismissive or a fearful attachment pattern.Client uses coping methods that they have learnt in therapy to maintain stability, but still feels that something is wrong. In this talk, Pasco Fearon presents two lines of evidence that seem to confirm some aspects of this theory and question others. Therefore, helping people find alternative ways to meet their unmet needs is critical to solving their problems thoroughly.