Clients often cling persistently to the past, where
early dysfunctional patterns of relating to others created templates for future relationships, leading to undesirable or distorted beliefs and expectations of self and others.
Not exact matches
Many of us default into the unhealthy
patterns we observed in our parents, and the «
dysfunctional family» may describe many or even most of our
early - life experiences.
Experiential or emotion - focused interventions form a major part of ST and directly address
early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and entrenched
patterns of
dysfunctional coping styles.
I do this by reviving emotional connection and getting to the root causes of
dysfunctional patterns, such as
early family dynamics and the thousands of interactions with mom and dad which became your
earliest «love language.»
The LTP may therefore be a valuable tool in identifying children and families with communication deficits and
dysfunctional relational
patterns at an
early stage.