Attachment-Informed Therapy
Learning to build secure relationships
What is Attachment-Informed Therapy?
Attachment-informed therapy is an approach to therapy that focuses on the connection between a person’s early attachment experiences and their present behaviours and relationships. It looks at a person’s childhood relationship with their primary caregiver(s), and how it affects their ability to form healthy relationships in adulthood.
The goal of attachment-informed therapy is to teach people how to heal from negative attachment wounds and begin to rebuild trusting and healthy relationships. It can be used in the counselling of:
Attachment-informed therapy can be most effective for people who have childhood experiences of:
Abuse or neglect
Chaotic family environments
Emotionally unavailable caregivers
Foster care
Being adopted
What to Expect During Attachment-Informed Therapy
Your counsellor will help you to explore the relationship between your earlier attachments and your present feelings and actions. By gaining an understanding of how your childhood wounds shape your present ability to form healthy relationships, you can begin to unlearn, relearn, and develop new ways of seeing the world.
Your counsellor will help you on this journey by modelling secure attachment through the therapeutic relationship. The bond you share with your counsellor will help you to discover any unresolved feelings and thought patterns that are a result of early attachment problems.
This increases self-awareness and builds an understanding of how childhood wounds are reenacted in our current relationships.
Conditions Attachment-Informed Therapy Can Help With
Attachment-informed therapy can be especially useful for people dealing with the following issues:
Fear of abandonment
Trouble expressing vulnerability
Reach Out To Us
If you are a resident of Ontario and are looking for online counselling, the compassionate counsellors at Reclaim and Rise Counselling are here to support you.
Using evidence-based therapeutic approaches, we can help you begin to reclaim power in your life so that you can rise above whatever is holding you down.
When you’re ready, reach out to our team by filling out a contact form, calling (226) 215-4244, emailing info@reclaimandrise.ca, or simply clicking below.