Attachment Repatterning
Attachment Repatterning is one of the complementary modalities I offer. I typically combine Attachment Repatterning with Internal Family Sytems, Brainspotting, Somatic Trauma Resolution, and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, along with other modalities as needed. I will use a combination of these approaches depending on your interest and comfort level, coupled with what your concerns or issues call for.
If you’ve ever struggled in a relationship or suffered from anxiety, depression or other emotional difficulties, attachment theory can help us get to the source of these challenges and understand what’s going on.
Attachment was first described by British psychologist John Bowlby as a “lasting psychological connectedness between human beings.”
Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their primary caregivers is the original blueprint for how we perceive, connect with and relate to others and the world around us.
In attachment theory, we understand that our earliest childhood patterns can carry over into adulthood —which can shape our expectations and interactions for all our relationships, including family, friendships, work or romance.
UNDERSTANDING ATTACHMENT
In an ideal situation, children come to rely on a consistent, loving presence to keep them safe and model positive behaviors. Because their attachment needs are met and the nervous system learns (and remembers) how to regulate emotional pain in the context of a healthy relationship, they develop a secure attachment style.
But what happens in a less-than-ideal situation?
If a primary caregiver fails to meet a child’s needs or there is some other interruption to the bonding process (like an illness or absence), the child quickly learns to adapt in order to survive.
These adaptations are called insecure attachment styles, or the different ways we interact and behave in a relationship in order to have our needs met.
It’s important to remember that having an insecure attachment style isn’t inherently bad. An insecure adaptation style is simply the tool your brain and body utilize as a response to less-than-ideal conditions.
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO HEALING ATTACHMENT WOUNDS
The good news is…attachment styles aren’t rigid or set in stone. Because we’re biologically wired to connect, we’re also biologically wired to heal. You see, no matter what insecure attachment adaptation you might have developed, secure attachment is always possible.
That means, no matter what happened in early childhood or what your relationship experiences look like, it’s possible to restore secure attachment, radically change the nature of your relationships and strengthen your ability to form deep and lasting connections.
All of us are capable of healing and repair. But we can’t do it alone because we’re not wired to heal in isolation.
“Even if our childhood was less than ideal, our secure attachment system is biologically programmed in us––and our job is to simply find out what’s interfering with it and learn what we can do to make those secure tendencies more dominant.” -- Dr. Diane Poole Heller
Attachment was first described by British psychologist John Bowlby as a “lasting psychological connectedness between human beings.”
Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their primary caregivers is the original blueprint for how we perceive, connect with and relate to others and the world around us.
In attachment theory, we understand that our earliest childhood patterns can carry over into adulthood —which can shape our expectations and interactions for all our relationships, including family, friendships, work or romance.
UNDERSTANDING ATTACHMENT
In an ideal situation, children come to rely on a consistent, loving presence to keep them safe and model positive behaviors. Because their attachment needs are met and the nervous system learns (and remembers) how to regulate emotional pain in the context of a healthy relationship, they develop a secure attachment style.
But what happens in a less-than-ideal situation?
If a primary caregiver fails to meet a child’s needs or there is some other interruption to the bonding process (like an illness or absence), the child quickly learns to adapt in order to survive.
These adaptations are called insecure attachment styles, or the different ways we interact and behave in a relationship in order to have our needs met.
It’s important to remember that having an insecure attachment style isn’t inherently bad. An insecure adaptation style is simply the tool your brain and body utilize as a response to less-than-ideal conditions.
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO HEALING ATTACHMENT WOUNDS
The good news is…attachment styles aren’t rigid or set in stone. Because we’re biologically wired to connect, we’re also biologically wired to heal. You see, no matter what insecure attachment adaptation you might have developed, secure attachment is always possible.
That means, no matter what happened in early childhood or what your relationship experiences look like, it’s possible to restore secure attachment, radically change the nature of your relationships and strengthen your ability to form deep and lasting connections.
All of us are capable of healing and repair. But we can’t do it alone because we’re not wired to heal in isolation.
“Even if our childhood was less than ideal, our secure attachment system is biologically programmed in us––and our job is to simply find out what’s interfering with it and learn what we can do to make those secure tendencies more dominant.” -- Dr. Diane Poole Heller
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