ATTACHMENT TRAUMA COURSE PSYCH 211 ERIN MARTINEZ LMSW

ATTACHMENT & TRAUMA COURSE PSYCH 211 ERIN MARTINEZ, LMSW, CST

THE STUDY OF ATTACHMENT HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW • JOHN BOWLBY – FIRST TO DEVELOP ATTACHMENT THEORY “AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS EXPERIENCED A SECURE ATTACHMENT IS LIKELY TO POSSESS A REPRESENTATIONAL MODEL OF ATTACHMENT FIGURES AS AVAILABLE, RESPONSIVE AND HELPFUL”

MARY AINSWORTH • THE STRANGE SITUATION – MEASURED PROXIMITY & CONTACT SEEKING, CONTACT MAINTAINING, AVOIDANCE OF PROXIMITY & CONTACT, RESISTANCE TO CONTACT & COMFORTING • 3 MAIN ATTACHMENT STYLES SECURE, AMBIVALENT, AVOIDANT

MARY MAIN • ADULT ATTACHMENT INTERVIEW • INTRODUCTION OF THE DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT “THE PARADOX WHEREIN THE HAVEN OF SAFETY IS AT ONCE THE SOURCE OF ALARM” • EARNED SECURE ATTACHMENT

TYPES OF ATTACHMENT • SECURE • INSECURE - AMBIVALENT • INSECURE - AVOIDANT • DISORGANIZED

WHAT THESE CHILDREN LOOK LIKE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD • SECURE: ABLE TO EXPLORE AND RETURN FOR REASSURANCE • INSECURE-AMBIVALENT: CLINGING BUT REJECTING OF CAREGIVER, DIFFICULT TO SOOTHE, LACK OF SECURITY FROM CAREGIVER • INSECURE AVOIDANT: DON’T SEEK CONTACT WHEN DISTRESSED • DISORGANIZED: SEPARATION IS SCARY, CONFUSION & ANGER INTERNALIZED, CALLS FOR ATTENTION & HELP CONNECTED TO NORMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT

HOW CHILDREN EXPERIENCE THEIR ATTACHMENT TO CAREGIVERS • HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=APZXGEBZHT 0 STILL FACE • HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=BG 89 QXW 30 BM RUPTURE & REPAIR • HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=ZOVTRQ 4 E 2 E 8 DAN SIEGEL DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT

WHAT THESE INTERACTIONS LOOK LIKE • SECURE: THE CHILD IS ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE AND REASSURRED THAT THE CAREGIVER IS CLOSE BY WHEN NEEDED • INSECURE – AMBIVALENT: THE CHILD’S NEEDS ARE NOTICED, NOT IMPORTANT. THE CAREGIVER IS OVERWHELMED WITH THEIR OWN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CANNOT BE PRESENT FOR THE CHILD • INSECURE – AVOIDANT: THE CHILD SHUTS DOWN EXPRESSION AND MOVES AWAY FROM THE CAREGIVER BECAUSE THEIR NEEDS ARE REPEATEDLY UNHEARD OR UNWELCOME • DISORGANIZED: THE CAREGIVER RESPONDS IN FRIGHTENING WAYS TO THE CHILD THAT NEEDS THEM

CAN ATTACHMENT STYLES CHANGE?

INTERVENTIONS • DAN SIEGAL: RUPTURE AND REPAIR • NORMALIZING PRIMAL NEEDS / UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES & NEEDS • ROLE MODELING • TOOLBOX: BEING PRESENT, EYE CONTACT, GIVING LANGUAGE TO BEHAVIOR, CONNECTING BEHAVIOR WITH NEEDS • DAN SIEGEL: LOW ROAD / HIGH ROAD • REFLECTION ON YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE

CASE STUDY • TREVON

QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION