Introduction:

Attachment therapy is based on attachment theory and explores how one’s childhood experiences might impact their ability to form meaningful bonds as adults.

In attachment-based therapy, therapists work with people who need help rebuilding trust in relationships, especially because people with dys-regulation of attachment tend to fall into difficult interpersonal relationships.

Techniques:

Often, the mantra “winning back power” is used in attachment therapy, and you’ll often explore events from your childhood and determine how these experiences might impact your life today. 

At the beginning, expect to deeply reflect on your relationship with your primary caregiver, that often means your parents, grandparents, or foster/adoptive parents. Be prepared to analyze how those early dynamics continue manifesting today.

What Attachment Therapy Can Help With:

Attachment therapy can help if you have symptoms of an attachment disorder

• Find it difficult to be emotionally stable
• Often  inability to form deep relationships due to fear
• Worry about abandonment
• Worry your partner doesn’t love you despite their words/actions
• Find yourself  afraid to be alone
• Feel distraught in relationships, especially as they become more intimate
• Have poor self-esteem

Benefits of Attachment Therapy :

Attachment therapy can help you address some of the subconscious, persistent issues from your childhood that still impact your ability to form meaningful relationships as an adult.

Conclusion:

In summary, attachment theory can be used to understand the development of coping patterns or relationship patterns and the underlying dynamics of a person’s emotional difficulties. Clinicians not only can help those with high attachment anxiety and avoidance to modify their ineffective coping strategy, but also can help them understand the underlying unmet needs. Moreover, clinicians need to know that people with different insecure attachment patterns i.e., anxiety and avoidance patterns may use different coping strategies to manage their life difficulties. This therapy helps patients to break old patterns of behavior and lead a fulfilling and balanced life.