Attachment-Based Therapy relies on John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory to inform the therapeutic process. Attachment Theory emphasizes the quality of an infant’s connection to its parent, most primarily its mother. If a child is adequately cared for and responded to, they will grow up to form healthy relationships. If a mother is too distant, unresponsive, or overly cautious, the infant is more likely to grow up to experience unhealthy relationships. Children must get adequate care and love to learn to trust others and themselves.
Attachment-Based Therapy’s goal is to help you rebuild the context of your relationships in more healthy, positive ways. Your therapist will show you openness, caring, and empathy. You can experience what a healthy relationship looks and feels like through this therapeutic relationship.
Although therapists can use it for individual or group therapy, you may benefit from Attachment-Based Therapy in a family therapy setting.
Your therapist will help you discover your particular attachment style based on your relationship with your parents and your early memories of family relationships. They also will explore your current relationship dynamics as they relate to your upbringing. With this understanding, you and your therapist can then begin to restructure your existing relationships based on a foundation of love and trust.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Attachment-Based Therapy
My clients are children, adolescents, adults and parents experiencing life stressors, struggling with relationships, striving for personal growth or seeking change. My work commonly addresses symptoms such as anxiety, depression or general difficulty functioning in one or more areas. I use an eclectic and collaborative style to best serve each client. My highly individualized and integrative...
My focus is with adults who are triggered by relationship issues. These issues may range from a caregiver being overwhelmed by demands of an aging parent, siblings who are resisting being in relationship, spouses who feel unavailable or children who seem distant. I believe nothing matters more in life than our relationships. Sometimes, we need someone else to point out the better alternatives s...
I find it personally rewarding to work with young parents, individual adults, couples and elders as they explore ways to improve their lives and their personal relationships. Within the context of a safe therapeutic relationship we then can collectively explore and resolve barriers to intimacy, conflicts, and historical events that then release you to more fully live your life. Although the...
My clients all have unique histories. What they share is a motivated determination to be free of past trauma, grief, depression, anger, PTSD symptoms, reoccurring thoughts and life patterns. I have worked with clients suffering with bulimia, OCD, attachment trauma, hoarding, cutting, suicidal tendencies; the effects of childhood sexual abuse, incest, rape, borderline personality, marital affair...
I am a fully licensed, bilingual clinician working with a diverse population. Since 2010, I have worked with Adolescents and Children as well as with families, and groups.The populations were diverse anywhere from depression, multiple personalities, trauma victims, alcohol abuse, physical/emotional and sexual abuse, anxiety, anger management, self-mutilators, bipolar, bullying victims, OCD,...
I provide individual, family, couples and group therapy. I utilize therapeutic modalities that are appropriate for the clients' needs as there is no "cookie-cutter" method when eradicating life challenges. A few of modalities include cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), Solution-focused, and Psychoanalysis. I have a reputation for providing a warm, safe and healing environment for my clients. I ha...
I work with adults and children, couples and families - and what remains consistent is that thread of hope that we each have to be better, to do better, to feel better and to know that someone believes we possess that capacity. Through therapy and assessment I determine each person's strengths and collaboratively, we create a customized treatment plan based on those very strengths. I believe...
The Gottman Method is an integrative approach to couple therapy based on over 40 years of research. As a Certified Gottman therapist, I work with couples experiencing an array of difficulties including communication issues, trouble dealing with conflict and personality differences, infidelity, differing parenting styles, intimacy and closeness, and a wide range of other difficulties that arise...
I am the owner of the Robert Jason Grant Ed.D AutPlay Therapy Clinic. My clinic serves children, adolescents, adults, and families dealing with a variety of issues. Some of the more common clients we see are those dealing with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders which include ADHD and Tourette syndrome. We provide individual and family therapy. We provide in-office and in-home therapy...
Telehealth visits are now available. I have been providing counseling to individuals, couples and families since 1998. I have worked with clients from age 5 to 81 in addressing problems with mood and behavior, as well as relationships, and vocational problems. I practice a person-centered approach to your concerns, identify your goals and create a plan to achieve those goals. We may also use...
Is your child withdrawn or angry? Does panic wreak havoc on your home’s happiness? Did a trauma turn your life upside down? Have you tried every parenting strategy out there? Therapy can be a safe place to work through these issues, make the adjustments you need, and help your home become a happier place. My training and expertise is in helping children, teens, families, and women work through...
I am a clinical psychologist with experience helping people with a variety of life challenges. I work frequently with personality issues, trauma and dissociation, OCD, as well as a wide variety of other concerns. I believe that psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapy offers the best opportunity for emotional growth and to develop a deeper understanding of who you are. I am also trained in CBT, DBT...
I am a systemically trained, collaborative marriage and family therapist with experience working with individuals, families, and couples. I am passionate about working with clients to identify, foster, and implement their inherent strengths to address the presenting issues. I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults through a variety of presenting problems including anxiety, depressio...
Life can become very challenging at any given point and time in our lives. Depression, anxiety, anger/irritability, mood/behavioral changes, abuse of substances and exposure to trauma create fallacies that life will remain unmanageable for children and adults. In my 10+ years of experience, I recognize the strength in talking to someone about your challenges in order to begin the healing proces...
Do you or your family feel tired, stuck in chaos and ready to throw in the towel? Adoptive families may face unique challenges that require a supportive professional who has personal and professional knowledge of attachment adaptations, trauma responses, anxiety, grief, and the adoption circle. As a parent of three, all adopted transracially, I have faced both the joy and struggle of parenting....
