Among them are a particular sensitivity to the role of traumatic or neglectful ties with
early caregivers; the fundamental importance of affect regulation to successful therapy; the importance of establishing relationships with clients characterized by close, intense,
emotional, and physical
attunement; and the ultimate goal of recreating in therapy an attachment experience that makes up, at least to some degree, for what the client missed the first time around.
Conversely, it was found that secure mothers showed better
attunement with their children and greater ability to repair mismatched states during free play (Riva Crugnola et al., 2013), as well as the maternal proclivity to talk about painful emotions predicted
emotional understanding in children (Dunn and Brown, 2001), as well as the
early acquisition of ToM (Hughes and Dunn, 2002).