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 have 30 years of experience in a range of settings with people of many different backgrounds. My professional experience in concert with my personal journey enable me to focus on the person in the room and strive to understand their unique needs, goals and how psychotherapy can help in this process. I believe that the psychotherapy relationship provides an ideal forum for helping people move...
You have it all together. At least, that’s how you present to others. Inside is a different story. You doubt yourself. You spiral into self-criticism and negative self-talk. You know certain behaviors and ways of thinking are problematic, yet you’ve brushed them off for years. Lately, you worry (and maybe even panic) that this is how it’s always going to be and that you won’t attain the things ...
I enjoy working with individuals of all ages in individual, couples, or family therapy. I offer my services in person in offices in the Pill Hill area of Oakland and in Walnut Creek as well as via teletherapy on a secure platform. I have evening and weekend sessions available. I am a licensed clinical psychologist with training in a variety of therapeutic modalities. I prefer to adjust my style...
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Dr. Katherine Helm is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 24 years of experience working with adolescents, adults, couples and groups in multiple clinical settings including college counseling, psychiatric hospitals, community mental health, and private practice. She is the author of multiple books on working with couples and sex education for high school and college students and is also...
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I specialize in helping people in health crisis situations, end of life and/or grieving. My insight to the complexities of the human experience have been honed by 20 years of experience, most notably in my current work in the ICUs at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, alongside the lung transplant and palliative care teams. I pay attention to complex family dynamics very well and am useful in...
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You want to feel securely connected to others in your life. You want to feel empowered to navigate through life’s obstacles, with someone reliably in your corner. You want to trust in your own value and heal from being hurt. You deserve to feel seen and heard for all that you bring to this world and accepted for the myriad of identities that you inhabit. My therapeutic approach is grounded in...
Many people have been through a difficult situation in their life, and some of those experiences affect their day to day. Changes in mood, relationships, trust of others, attachments, depression, anxiety, sleep, physical health, spiritual health, so many things can be affected. As a compassionate and empathetic therapist, I will work in partnering with you to see how you want your life to look...
