Attachment-based Psychotherapy

Attachment-based psychotherapy is a branch of relational psychoanalysis exploring interrelated emotional forms of attachment from birth onwards.
The theory behind attachment-based psychotherapy can be traced back to the end of the 19th Century, but it's really the work of John Bowlby that has had the most influence. Bowlby was a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst interested in early child development and the forming of early attachments - secure, anxious, avoidant, ambivalent or disorganised. This led to an understanding of how problematic attachment experiences early on in life are subsequently re-enacted later in adult life. He believed that secure and supportive relationships enable us to develop a sense of who we are. Hence, a growing attachment-based relationship with a psychotherapist will allow the client opportunities to mourn past losses, and explore the impact of important relationships on the client's life in the present and the past.


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