Attachment Theory And Its Impact On Our Lives

EFT is an attachment based research theory, that suggest that couples have strong need to stay connected (bond) to each other. As such, bonding is very important in marital relationships and if the bond is disappearing, then stressful and negative cycle pattern begins to emerge. Thus, the goal of EFT is to support couples walk through a process of healing (overcoming the negative patterns, rebuilding the connection again, and fortify the bond) (Goldenberg, Stanton, & Goldenberg, 2017). From the assessment that has carried out by the therapist it is clear that Tam and Lisa do not have what it takes to manage or settle conflicts without it escalating into something else. As such, the bonding between them is disappearing and it’s becoming stressful and disturbing to them and their children. Because Jimmy and Emma even though do not see their parent fight or disagree in the open but they can sense the disconnection between their parent and feel the tension whenever both of them where at home. More so, because of the negative pattern that has emerge as a result of lack of secure attachment, there is no more interactions between the couple and each others needs are not met. From the case conceptualization, and to decide what treatment plan should target or focus on the therapist will use the step-by-step treatment manual provided by Johnson and Greenberg (1995) as cited in (Goldenberg et al., 2017) for the therapy process:

To begin with attachment theory, first everyone should understand what the attachment is. According to attachment means bonding between a child and caregiver or vice versa. The attachment theory is the theory that describes the long term interpersonal relationship between the humans. Also, it can be defined as the strong bond between parent and child, and later in peer and romantic relationship (Metzger, Erdman, Ng 85). It generates a specific fact that how the humans react in relationships when they get hurt, separated from loved ones and perceiving a threat. Basically the two main types of attachment are secure and insecure. Secure attachment is the attachments where mother and father are available for their child and during that time child demonstrates his or her stress and reestablish the connection (Metzger, Erdman, Ng 87). Insecure attachment is the attachment where parents are not regularly in touch with their children or they ignore their child which built a failed emotion communication (Metzger, Erdman, Ng 87). Also, it may be repeated from one generation to another until it is not recovered. However, as a result of attachment theory, it is so important for children to know about it and there are also several emotional effects on children when their parents leave to go to another county due to their connections or bond between them.

The Development of Attachment Theory and Its Strengths and Limitations English psychiatrist John Bowlby is a leading and influential figure within the history of social reform. His work has influenced social work policies and legislation relating to child psychiatry and psychology. Bowlby was trained as a psychoanalyst, and was influenced by Freudians theories, but became influenced again in his attachment theory by the work of ethologists. The ethologists theory concentrates on looking at the role parents play rather than only the child. Bowlby believes that parenting has strong ties with biology and it explains why there are such strong emotions attached.

As an aspiring professional counselor, it is important to have a solid understanding of the growth and development of children can be affected by attachment to primary caregivers within the first years of life. Attachment theory, which was developed by Erikson and Bowling, describes how the first year of interactions with caregivers serves as model, which heavily influences how children navigate in the world, even into adulthood (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). In this week’s assignment, we are challenged to think through the implications of attachment theory as it relates to children who are adopted and children who are raised by their biological parent(s). With the help of various research articles, textbook readings, and case studies, I

those around him; his relationship with God would be a negative one, promoting a negative image of God.

Harlow’s experiment with baby monkey’s demonstrated how important a mothers affection is during early childhood development. Harlow conducted an experiment with baby rhesus monkeys that had just been born. The experiment was trying to see whether the monkey was attached to its mother for necessities such as food, water, etc or for a mothers love. The newly born monkey was placed with two different “mothers” one mother was made of terry cloth and the other was made of wire. The mother that was made of wire could feed the monkey while the other mother made from terry cloth could not. The experiment showed that the monkey showed more attention to the mother made of terry cloth than the mother made of wire. Harlow also done an experiment

Different types of love plays a huge impact on today’s society. There are unhealthy types of love typically found in teenagers, but that is also found in Mother to children love. Stated By Hazan, Cindy, Shaver and Phillip, “The possibility that romantic love is an attachment process—a biosocial process by which affectional bonds are formed between adult lovers, just as affectional bonds are formed earlier in life between human infants and their parents. Key components of attachment theory, developed by Bowlby, Ainsworth, and others to explain the development of affectional bonds in infancy, were translated into terms appropriate to adult romantic love. The translation centered on the three major styles of attachment in infancy—secure, avoidant,

In Discovering Love, we learn about Harry Harlow and his studies with rhesus monkeys and love. Many psychologists agree on the theory that what we experience with our main caretaker as small children affects how we perceive love and react to closeness when we’re older. Harry Harlow believed in this theory and decided to test it on baby rhesus monkeys. Harlow used rhesus monkeys as subjects instead of humans because it was deemed unethical to put humans through such experiments, and rhesus monkeys and humans have similar behavior. He noticed that the baby monkeys became attached to the cloth diapers that were on the bottom of their cage and how badly they reacted when the diapers were taken away. With a new monkey, Harlow wouldn’t put in a cloth diaper and “it would thrive poorly even though it received complete nutritional and medical care.” Whenever Harlow did put the diapers in, the monkey became happier and healthier.

Harry Harlow began researching the act of attachment or the emotional bonding between an infant and their parent or caregiver (Cacioppo & Freberg 2013). He wanted to pinpoint what led to this kind of bonding, so he chose to research the rhesus infant monkeys since they show many of the same types of behavior as humans. In this research, he replaced the biological mothers with a device made of wire that contained a bottle for feeding times, and another replacement made of cloth that would provide comfort, security and safety. After the infants were removed from the birth mothers and put into the environment with the surrogate mothers then Harlow was able to provide his conclusion. He found that the only time the infant monkeys interacted with the wire device was at feeding time and all other times the cloth surrogate was chosen. In fact, they spent a lot of their time with the cloth

The research shows that female adolescents who were victims of childhood abuse or neglect are more likely to engage in self-harming behaviour in the form of cutting (Spielhagen and Schwartz 2013) as this is the way they gain sense of control over their body and pain as their soothing and problem solving skills are underdeveloped. Patricia did not enjoy warm, engaged and connected relationship with her mother when she was an infant. As an infant and young child she was very often left to soothe herself. Attachment theory suggest that when carers are addicted to drugs and distance themselves from their child, they send the message to the child that the parent's needs are primary and that the child needs to care for himsel (Bettman 2006). Now,

As we have seen in Rose's counseling session, past relational patterns are elicited from exploration of the patients' past and early relationships. Key themes are: the degree of love and care (emotional warmth) they experienced in early life; the degree of neglect and abuse; and the types and qualities of core conflicts. In Rose's case, the key issue, as Dr. Berenson discovers over the course of the interview is the subtle manipulation of a mother by her child. She tests her and puts her through a lot of stress, to see how she responds; in this case losing sleep and stressing over the situation.

In interacting with people in my daily life, I often attribute an individual’s negative actions or attitudes to their innate personality. If someone is overly emotional or selfish, I, like many others, will initially believe that those traits are simply who they are as a person. What if this is untrue, and these individuals are simply a product of unhealthy attachment styles in their younger years? As I have continued to learn more about the subject of attachment theory, I am struck by the amount of influence a person’s younger years can have on their later psychological development. I was aware that childhood years were quite impactful on one’s future, but did not fully understand the specifics. This newfound knowledge

Anne Merrill and Tamara Afifi (2015) examine how attachment theory emotionally and cognitively interacts with various secret-keeping instances (Merrill, Afifi, 2015, p. 259). Research has shown that secrecy has harmful affects such as, anxiety and stress (Merrill, Afifi, 2015, pp. 259-260). However the level to which these individuals ponder, or ruminate, about the secret varies from person to person (Merrill, Afifi, 2015, p. 259).

Many psychologists have come and gone, and many different theoretical orientations have been developed. With each orientation has come a new perspective on development, behaviour and mental processes. Some are similar, yet others could not be more contradictory. Attachment is one such theoretical orientation, developed by John Bowlby out of his dissatisfaction with other existing theories. Although Bowlby rejected psychoanalytical explanations for early infant bonds, the theory of attachment was influenced in part by the principles of psychoanalysis; in particular the observations by Ana Freud and Dorothy Burlingham of young children separated from

This is completely irrational. Harlow's baby monkeys study mentioned by Mook (1983) states that mother monkeys are composed of wire or terry-cloth. The settings are problematic because it is unrealistic to make wire or terry-cloth figure analogical to fake monkey mothers. The reason why baby monkey clings to the cloth mother might be because it is more comfortable or warmer but not mother love. As baby monkey cannot talk, its feeling is never known. Since the fake monkey mothers do not resemble to the real ones, it seems difficult to draw a sensible findings generalization on attachment of monkey with mother. Although the aim of the experiment is not to generalize the reality, it still needs a setting more similar to real life as required by external validity in order to draw a reasonable findings generalization. Thus, to form findings generalization, we cannot totally neglect the importance of external validity which requires high similarity of settings to the real life. (606