The Role of Client Attachment in the Process of Individual Psychotherapy with Adults
July 30, 2009 by Internet Editor
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Susan S. Woodhouse
Pennsylvania State University
Recently Meifen Wei wrote a very interesting News You Can Use (NYCU) feature on implications of attachment theory and research for counseling and psychotherapy (see the Division 29 website, http://www.divisionofpsychotherapy.org/). Her NYCU article focused on links between attachment and the development of coping styles and relationship patterns, as well as on [...]
The Implications of Attachment Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy
October 15, 2008 by Internet Editor
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By Meifen Wei
Iowa State University
Over the past decade, researchers have found that Bowlby’s attachment theory (1973, 1988) has important implications for counseling and psychotherapy (Cassidy & Shaver, 1999, Lopez, 1995; Lopez & Brennan, 2000; Mallinckrodt, 2000). Attachment theory is a theory of affect regulation and interpersonal relationships. When individuals have caregivers who are emotionally responsive, they [...]
