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Attachment as a Base for Family and Couple Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2001

John Byng-Hall
John Byng-Hall
Affiliation:
Tavistock Clinic and Royal Free Hospital, 120 Belsize Lane, London NW3 5BA
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Abstract

All families have attachments; some may be secure, others insecure, and family and marital therapists inevitably have to relate to these. This paper discusses ways in which the therapist can establish a temporary secure base within therapy, which helps families to feel safe enough to explore new ways of relating. The overall aim is to help them to create a more secure family or couple base at home, from which they can explore new solutions during and after therapy. A new school of therapy is not proposed as therapists can also use their own approaches when a secure therapeutic base is established.

Keywords

Attachmentinsecuresecure basefamily therapycouple therapy
Type
Therapy Matters
Information
Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 31 - 36
Copyright
© 2001 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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