«People with
avoidant attachment histories are too closed down to have access to experience their right - hemisphere processes,» says Daniel Siegel, who's probably done as much as anybody in the field to induce therapists to clasp both attachment theory and neuroscience to their collective bosom.
Therapists»
attachment styles and previous personal relationship
histories have also been shown to affect therapeutic outcomes in that secure therapists are able to challenge both
avoidant and anxious / ambivalent clients in a sensitive and timely way.