At its core, psychotherapy is a relational process, and our early attachment relationships do much to shape the way that we show up in psychotherapy, both as clients and therapists. Consider how attachment theory and research can inform how you see the ways that you and your client relate to one another and the world. In this group, we will be reading from David Wallin’s book Attachment in Psychotherapy and exploring together how attachment patterns show up in our work. Wallin’s book considers the contributions of several attachment thinkers, including the psychoanalysts John Bowlby and Peter Fonagy, explores the varieties of attachment experience – in and out of the therapeutic milieu – and examines the relationship between attachment patterns and transference/countertransference. I have personally come back to this book again and again because of how it has deepened my understanding of myself, my clients, and our work together and I think many others would find it useful too.

Four Wednesdays September 7, 21, October  5, 19, 7:30-9pm

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