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Part 1: Working from the Inside Out

Session #: 710-407
Presenter(s): David Wallin
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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We presumably all know that childhood-based attachment patterns deeply affect patients' current relationships, including the one they have with us. But how often do we consider the influence on the therapeutic relationship of our own attachment history and vulnerabilities? In this workshop, we'll use attachment research to clarify the impact, both for good and ill, of the therapist's attachment patterns as they interlock with those of the patient, highlighting the reality that for the patient to heal, the therapist must also change. We'll review the different attachment patterns that therapists generally fall into, discuss the use of self-monitoring questions, and explore how to capitalize on the paradox that the therapist's own history--often marked by trauma--can be at once a source of impasse and insight. Using pencil and paper self-reports and experiential break-out groups, we'll track the impact of our own attachment patterns on the work we do. (This session will continue with Workshop 507.)

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