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Attachment style refers to

person’s characteristic ways of relating in intimate caregiving and receiving relationships.​

The concept of attachment style involves one’s

confidence in the ability of the attachment figure as a secure base from which the individual can freely explore the world

it is important for the therapist to become a reliable and trustworthy companion in the patient’s exploration because the psychotherapist can

become an attachment figure for the patient

Early findings suggest that patient attachment may change as a result of

psychotherapy

ecurely attached patients tend to benefit more from psychotherapy than

insecurely attached patients

he strength of the relationship between attachment security and treatment outcome

remains unclear

The caregiver’s reliable and sensitive provision of loving care results in a

secure bond btw the infant and the caregiver

attachment-related behavior in infancy is part of a functional

biological system

3 functions of attachment

increases the likelihood of protection from dangers and predation, comfort during times of stress, and social learning

Based on Bowlby’s attachment theory, Aimsworth and colleagues developed a laboratory method called

The Strange Situation

Studies have found strong evidence for the influence of attachment patterns on

later adaptation

A growing body of research suggests that patterns of attachment are both relatively stable

subject to change

Attachment patterns

are influenced by a variety of factors including ongoing relationships with family members, romantic relationships, traumatic life events, and possibly psychotherapy

4 Attachment Types

Secure


Preoccupied


Dismissing


Fearful

In the 14 studies, patients’ attachment style appears to contribute almost as much variance to psychotherapy outcome as does

the alliance

Perhaps the capacity to develop a positive therapeutic alliance is enhanced by

a patient’s level of attachment security

the formation of a positive therapeutic alliance may serve as one mechanism by which a patient’s level of attachment security leads to

better psychotherapy outcomes

Expect longer and more difficult treatment with anxiously attached patients, but quicker and more positive outcomes with

securely attached patients

If the patient is dismissing in his or her attachment, the therapist may need to

be more engaged

If the patient is preoccupied, the therapist should consider a stance designed to help the patient

contain his or her emotional experience

With regard to patients who score high on both the attachment anxiety and avoidance dimensions, it is especially important to attend

the structure of their internal working models

Attachment can be a goal of

treatment

3 terms commonly used to characterize the infants relationshop with his mother

object relations


dependency


attachment

The "object" of an instinct is the

agent through which the instinctual aim is achieved

It is generally agreed that an infant's first object is

his mother

dependency has been especially linked to

social learning theories

Dependency was first defined as a

learned drive

dependency is more recently viewed by learning theorists as a class of behaviors learned in

the context of the infant's dependency relationship with his mother

Dependence should gradually give way to a substantial degree of

independence

attachment refers to an affectional tie that one person forms to

another specific individual

An attachment tends to

endure

According to Freud's instinct theory, an instinctual drive has both a source and an aim, both of which are

genetically determined

signal anxiety is when

separation signals the danger to the child that his bodily needs will go unsatisfied

Ego psychology

the development of objecy relations is intertwined with ego development

object relations theory

object relations are primary, rather than secondary and acquired

The development of obj relations is seen as going thru 3 main stages

1. objectless stage


2. transitional stage


3. object relations stage

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