Still, for children in various
developmental phases, as Bari's story details, there are tangible steps to be taken to enhance their working memory, inhibitory control, and mental flexibility — all
key components to executive function skills.
Moreover, Bowlby (1988) explicitly rejected the notion of regression, which is
key to the holding therapy approach: «present knowledge of infant and child development requires that a theory of
developmental pathways should replace theories that invoke specific
phases of development in which it is held a person may become fixated and / or to which he may regress.»