Attachment therapy

Neurofeedback Training for Reactive Attachment Disorder Reactive attachment disorder typically involves infants and children in their early childhood years. The disorder is generally in response to the lack of interactions and bonding that should occur in the infancy and early childhood stages of a child’s life (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p 265). The child experiences social neglect and is deprived of the initial and ongoing bonding that occurs by having their basic emotional and…

Parent- Child Interaction Therapy also known as PCIT is a technique that helps parents change how they address their child’s behavior (Wickelgren, 2014). PCIT can be used for a variety of kids that have behavioral problems such as aggression to disobeying one’s parents. Parent- Child Interaction Therapy has been very successful in improving these behaviors and has had lasting effects. This therapy reinforces the relationship that exists between parent and child by establishing rules and…

As discussed by Teyber & McClure (2017), three separate and interrelated components of any therapeutic relationship are (1) the “real relationship” between the client and the clinician, (2) transference and countertransference which regards the significance of the clinician’s emotional responses and (3) the “working alliance” which assists the client with relationships with themselves and others (p.38). During the development of the relationship between the client and the clinician, the…

the purpose of understanding childhood experiences. Attachment theory is also congruence with ethological theory. Both of them have the assumption that innate behavioral tendencies ensure attachment and attachment ensures survival of infants. Empirical status Although attachment theory may be included in a psychodynamic and psychoanalytic framework, unlike psychodynamics or psychoanalytic which are hard to verify by empirical study, attachment theory has strong emphasis on empirical study. Both…

deceased, multiple losses or uncertain loss. Complicated grief can present itself in four different ways. The chronic grief reaction is one that is excessive in duration and is stuck in a stage of the grief process, never reaching a conclusion. In therapy, the client would need to ascertain where in the process they are stuck before they can resolve and move…

Interpersonal therapy is most often used on a one-on-one basis to treat depression. IPT is based on the idea that improving communication patterns and the ways people relate to each other will effectively treat depression (“Psychotherapies,” n.d.). By addressing interpersonal issues, interpersonal therapy for depression puts emphasis on the way symptoms are related to a person’s relationships, including family and peers (“Interpersonal Therapy,” n.d.). The immediate goals of treatment…

Dawn’s behavior from an attachment point of view According to Ainsworth (1967, p. 429), an attachment is more than overt behavior, it is internal, "being built into the nervous system…” and Bowlby conceptualized attachment as a biologically based repertoire of organized behaviors (eg, infants’ crying, smiling, clinging and proximity seeking). The unfamiliar environments for Dawn having to share her mother with the new baby have left her alone, directing her to certain behaviors toward the…

The term attachment describes a bond between individuals that is developed over time. Attachments are usually to our primary caregivers, this process is considered to be biological and present from birth (Prior and Glaser 2006). The formation of attachments is a psychological connectedness that is lasting between individuals, Bowlby (1969) Due to this, it is an integral part in the way we develop relationships. However, if adversity does disrupt our attachment development, can this have…

My attachment style dilemma I knew this day would come, where I would have to figure out what my attachment style is. The only problem, even after taking developmental psychology and reading the course books for this class, I’m still contemplating what my attachment style was growing up. Some of the issues I have come across are: time spent with parents, environmental factors, and attachment style change. Time with parents On October 10th my mother gave birth to me in Baltimore, Maryland.…

city children. The author was born into wealthy family in Iran and arrived in England aged twelve where she attended private school. The book is sectioned into ten chapters, with an introduction and appendix at the end explaining who is who in the therapy world, and a guide to substance misuse. The book consists of several letters written to victims of abuse, which seem to be in the form of apologies to children who have been let down by the system. This book exposes the flaws in our system of…