Book chapter
Therapist–adolescent therapeutic ruptures in attachment-based family therapy
Rupture and repair in psychotherapy: A critical process for change, pp 95-118
01 Jan 2023
Abstract
This chapter considers therapist–adolescent ruptures in attachment-based family therapy (ABFT), specifically with regard to the adolescent's attachment style and state of mind. Interestingly, ABFT as a clinical model aims to activate attachment schemas and needs. In the individual sessions, therapists identify perceived attachment ruptures and improve the patient's coherent understanding of these events. To prepare the adolescent, the therapist meets alone with them; the chapter explores therapeutic ruptures that arise during this individual preparation session. The assumption is that the resistance activated during these sessions and their manifest ruptures are informed by the adolescent's internalized attachment schema: how I see myself and how trustworthy others appear. In this way, resolving ruptures are mirror processes that chip away at insecure attachment expectations. The chapter provides a little background before looking at two case studies: one session with an avoidant adolescent and one with an anxious adolescent. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: create)
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- Title
- Therapist–adolescent therapeutic ruptures in attachment-based family therapy
- Creators
- Sophie CassellGuy Diamond
- Publication Details
- Rupture and repair in psychotherapy: A critical process for change, pp 95-118
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Center for Family Intervention Science
- Other Identifier
- 991019292227504721