What is Attachment-Based Therapy?

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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

Veronica Cleary

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California

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Quincy Adams

Brooklyn

New York

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Jennifer Roth

Indianapolis

Indiana

I work with individuals who are motivated toward greater health and well-being. This includes those who struggle with long-term emotional distress and those wanting to change unhealthy patterns in their life. Together we will explore how past events can contribute to feelings of distress and relationship difficulties today. As you develop new insight and understanding about yourself through...
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Beth Holley

Baltimore

Maryland

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Rikki Sierra

Austin

Texas

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