Attachment-Based Therapy

Attachment-based therapy is a short, process-oriented style of psychological therapy. The client-therapist relationship focuses on building or regaining trust and focuses on the expression of emotions. The goal of attachment-based therapy is to examine the relationship between an infant’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers, typically with parents, and an infant’s capacity to develop normally and eventually form healthy emotional and physical relationships as an adult. Attachment-based treatment aims to establish or repair a trusting, supportive connection that will assist in preventing or treating anxiety