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 approach to therapy is rooted in the belief that who you are makes sense. Even when your emotions, behaviors, or relationships are extremely different than what you want them to be, I believe that our feelings carry wisdom, our behaviors serve a function, and our current situation becomes clear in the context of our whole story. With this stance of curiosity and acceptance, I can help you...
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Diane Hansen, MA LPC provides counseling for teens, adults, couples, and families. Her specialties include Adoption, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Child/Teen Behavioral, Depression, Faith-Based Counseling, Family Counseling, Group Counseling, Grief and Loss, Independent Living Skills Training, PTSD, Sexual Abuse, Social Skills Training, and Trauma. She believes that most people are operating the best...
My goal as a therapist is to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment where we can work together to help you deal with the challenges that life throws your way. I can help by giving you the tools that you need to cope with your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I can also help you develop skills for dealing with past or current trauma, mood disorders and self-harm behaviors, among other thin...
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Hi, so glad you’re here! My name is Kelsey & I’m a licensed professional counselor in Lenexa, KS. I graduated from MNU and am the owner of Awaken Counseling LLC. If this is the first time you have looked for a counselor, for yourself or for your child, it would be normal to feel nervous. I love meeting with individuals who are “first-timers”, particularly those who have not seen a counselor...
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*Most appointments offered within one business day* The search for change begins when there is some form of motivation. Whether it is discomfort, pain, a crisis, or the desire for self-improvement, motivation is the mechanism that prompts the search for something different. If you are struggling in certain areas of your life, creating positive change can be challenging. My goal is to help clien...
I specialize in providing services geared towards adults, but I can work with other populations as well. My clients find me to be compassionate, understanding, non-judgemental, and informative. I am focused on helping my clients heal as quickly and as painlessly as possible. My specialties include substance abuse (dual diagnosis), trauma/PTSD, codependency, dysfunctional family dynamics, and...
Practice is FULL at this time. Corvallis Counseling serves children and adult clients. I also provide Clinical Supervision Services for those working towards Clinical Licensure. I work with adults who have trauma, loss and/or attachment-related issues utilizing attachment-based EMDR. I have found that the majority of dysregulation and related symptoms (anxiety, depression, mood instability) can...
