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
I work with children and young adolescents. I am passionate about helping kids and teens become their best selves while helping parents strengthen their relationships with their children. I graduated UTK’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program with a certificate in grief, loss, and trauma work. I practice both play therapy and talk therapy depending on the needs of my clients and their...
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Gregory Ingram, LCSW-C, LICSW, CTT, MAC, NBCCH is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland. I am also a seasoned trauma therapist, addiction counselor, and family therapist. I have treated patients throughout the united states and abroad. I am well versed in the emotional deprivation found in individuals who have been abused, neglected, and or...
