The influence of the attachment type to the psychotherapeutic process
Vol.7,No.1(2013)
Text presents a basic introduction into the concept of attachment, which is then connected to the psychotherapeutic process, on the assumption that the type of attachment to the psychotherapeutic process influences the direction of the clients´ focus on different topics, the way they regulate their emotions and on their communication style. For each of the four types of attachment (secure type, fearful-avoidant type, dismissive-avoidant type, preoccupied type) is outlined the basic dynamic of its formation in early childhood and then based on the meta-analysis literature how the clients with different types of attachment behavior behave in the psychotherapeutic process and what are the interventions recommended in the literature when working with clients with specific types of attachment.
Petra Vondráčková, Department of Addictology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic e-mail: vondrackova@adiktologie.czZbyněk Vybíral, Department of Psychology and Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Families, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic e-mail: vybiral@fss.muni.cz
attachment; psychotherapeutic process; psychotherapy
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