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The Adult Attachment Interview and Attachment Theory in Therapist Training

The Adult Attachment Interview and Attachment Theory in Therapist Training

Understanding and applying attachment theory, the Adult Attachment Interview, and modern attachment theory, to clinical practice is imperative for the practice of psychotherapy, as early relational experiences establish the neurophysiological and psychological template of self which typically play out across the lifespan, and underpin the distress that patient’s bring to therapy.

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The Body that Bears Witness: Tending to Capacity as a Therapist

The Body that Bears Witness: Tending to Capacity as a Therapist

Danielle Morran, MC invites the therapist reader into her internal experience of attuning, attending, and being present to what emerges in herself, the client, and the relational field. Through the compelling use of metaphor, Danielle offers her nuanced understanding and experience of being relationally attuned and embodied as a witness to the work. She invites the reader to deepen their awareness and lean into their own process, deeply and profoundly.

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Attachment Training for Therapists

Attachment Training for Therapists

Understanding attachment and the ways in which it forges the self, and continues to be alive in one’s internal and relational world in the present day, is an imperative for therapists….most therapists have a clear understanding that early relational dynamics with primary caregivers wire the self, the body and psyche, neurophysiologically (affect and physiological regulation capacity) and psychically (internal working models) in ways that typically remain active across the lifespan. However, understanding this and seeing it in action, or mentalizing how attachment dynamics, particularly insecure attachment patterning, actually happens in people’s early years and continues to be active across the lifespan (through clients out of awareness or unconscious relational dynamics), stretches many clinicians.

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