Insecure attachment is becoming increasingly well understood. The research of neuroscience continues to give ever increasing detail and validation to attachment theory, first purported by John Bowlby more than half a century ago. Over the past decade, it has become abundantly clear that the in utero and immediate postnatal environments, and the one on one … [Read more...] about Insecure Attachment in the Right Brain
Attachment Theory
The Neuroscience of Attachment Theory
Understanding the Neuroscience of Attachment Theory In this article we will look at the mechanism by which the early relational models of attachment theory are held within us, and how they are stored. We now know from neuroscience research that we have two distinct kinds of memory, namely implicit and explicit. Primary of concern in the neuroscience … [Read more...] about The Neuroscience of Attachment Theory
Insecure Attachment in Adults
Insecure Attachment Behaviour Styles in Adults Each of the styles of insecure attachment in adults were survival strategies for them as an infant. For adult clients, they obviously worked well enough to that end. Likely now as adults they create limitations, and unconsciously driven feelings and behaviours in the domain of relationship. These different … [Read more...] about Insecure Attachment in Adults
Understanding Attachment Theory
In this article, I will give an overview of the basics of attachment theory as pertaining to early life experiences. When we are born, we are helpless and defenseless and utterly dependent on our primary carers (who I will refer to as mother, regardless of who it was in reality). From birth, we are learning about relationship, in relationship. We are … [Read more...] about Understanding Attachment Theory
