Sentences with phrase «relationships as attachments»

To date, much has been written about the transition to parenthood and about couple relationships as attachments, but these concepts have rarely been drawn together.

Heralded by the New York Times and Time magazine as the couple therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond.

Heralded by the New York Times and Time as the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond.

The conceptualization of couple relationships as attachment bonds and the associated emotionally focused therapy (EFT) as a treatment for couples is presented.

Ainsworth et al. (1978) described the infant - mother relationship as attachment to the caregiver.

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In our own relationships with God, as we grow in secure attachment and intimacy, we are strengthened to resist lies or accusations and we are enabled to fulfill our calling to love God and one another (Deut.

Psychologist Sue Johnson, a pioneer in applying Bowlby's attachment theory to couples» therapy, posits, «The relationship between God and people of faith can be understood as an attachment bond, in which God is a safe haven, a secure base, and the ultimate source of comfort and care.»

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But the good news is that research supports the notion that those with insecure relationship styles can and do find a close, secure relationship with God as they turn to him and discover he is not like other attachment figures who have hurt them in life.

A break in one connection, such as attachment to a stable community, puts pressure on other connections: marriage, the relationship between parents and children, religious affiliation, a feeling of connection with the past, even citizenship, that sense of membership in a large community which grows best when it is grounded in membership in a small one.

But if God serves the functions of an attachment relationship in our individual lives, it can be the difference between cognitively believing in God, as most do, and emotionally connecting, trusting, and walking with him every day, which is much less common.

As a result, this strong attachment helps children develop the capacity for secure, empathic, peaceful, and enduring relationships that follow them into adulthood.

And, indeed, the most effective attachment - focused home - visiting interventions offer parents not just parenting tips but psychological and emotional support: The home visitors, through empathy and encouragement, literally make them feel better about their relationship with their infant and more secure in their identity as parents.

The uniqueness of the child - father attachment relationship: Fathers» sensitive and challenging play as a pivotal variable in a 16 - year long study.

Attachment Parenting offers many opportunities to put the family first and create healthy respectful relationships not just between parent and child, but between spouses as well.

Although mutual attachment and bonding between parents and children occur in infancy and their early childhood, a close relationship with them should be maintained during their further development as well.

And as an attachment parent, you not only love your children, you love being with them, learning with them, and building on that attached relationship for a lifetime.

Q: Do you see these books as representing a backlash against your theory of «attachment parenting,» which says bonding early — by holding the baby or wearing him in a sling, breast - feeding, bed - sharing and responding quickly to crying — leads to a better long - term relationship?

Caregivers who understanding how to support philosophies and goals such as attachment parenting, sleep training, a baby - led approach and other early care intentions create a partnership between families and caregivers, not just a «babysitter» relationship.

The importance of human relationships in the maturation process will be discussed as well as the role of shyness in protecting attachments.

Reading is a shared interest among many Attachment Parenting (AP) families as we all like to be well - informed when making decisions that affect our parent - child relationships.

«Attachment theory describes the dynamics of long - term relationships between humans especially as in families and life - long friends.

For parent - child relationships, API's Eight Principles of Parenting provide 8 areas of family life, with a variety of ideas within each, as to how to form and strengthen attachment bonds within families.

The attachment relationship acts as a prototype for all future social relationships so disrupting it can have severe consequences.

Incorporating specialized training on brain development as well as knowledge about attachment styles allows her to provide a unique perspective on parent - child relationships and on the often mind boggling experience of parenting.

It serves as a cautionary tale that we parents must take care to be intentional about promoting secure attachment in our relationships with our children and in guarding our children's hearts while we guide them through how we discipline.

Bowlby is known well in the research community as the «father of Attachment Theory,» as he was the one to coin the term, «attachment,» and to then develop the theory of secure vs insecure attachment in parent - child relaAttachment Theory,» as he was the one to coin the term, «attachment,» and to then develop the theory of secure vs insecure attachment in parent - child relaattachment,» and to then develop the theory of secure vs insecure attachment in parent - child relaattachment in parent - child relationships.

Six has strained my relationship with my daughter, my role as an attachment parent, and all my fancy new fangled parenting skills.

The reward is well worth the work, as an «earned» secure attachment style can change your life and your relationships for the better, permanently.

That's why people who are unable to establish and maintain attachments fall victim to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addictions, dysfunctional relationships, and other unhealthy behaviors in an attempt to avoid despair and loneliness as they seek happiness that they can't find without first repairing their ability to form healthy attachments to others.

While not all mothers are able to breastfeed, Attachment Parenting International recognizes that breastfeeding — as well as breastfeeding behaviors while giving a bottle of pumped breastmilk — is one of nature's best teachers of new parents in how to sensitively and consistently respond to their baby as well as learn to develop the reciprocity of a healthy relationship between parent and child.

A deeper attachment was the answer to ensuring a healthy alarm system and preserving my children's ability to experience all of their vulnerable feelings, so they could develop meaningful and deep relationships as well as develop their individuality and the traits that characterize maturity.

These observations serve as the foundation for understanding the self in relationship, brain development, early attachment, emotional regulation and psychotherapy.

According to Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., psychiatrist and leading expert on trauma and how it affects the brain, as many as 80 % of abused and neglected infants and children develop disorganized / disoriented attachment relationships, which are expressed as unpredictable approach and avoidance patterns towards mother, the inability to accept comfort from caregivers, rage at attachment figures, and pathological self - regulatory behaviors.

If you're interested in applying attachment theory to your own relationships, you can take this attachment compatibility quiz to find out your attachment style, your partner's attachment style, and your compatibility as a couple.

But as boys get into their teens, their attachments to one another are stigmatized as their close bonds culturally put their male relationships in close proximity to homosexuality.

But if they do this because they are afraid that night - weaning will somehow harm their baby or their attachment relationship, or they are afraid that a little controlled CIO will do more harm than good, then - Dr. Narvaez - we owe it to them and their infants to NOT MAKE CLAIMS UNSUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A PHD OR MD AFTER OUR NAME AND PRESENT THESE CLAIMS AS EVIDENCE - BASED.

Just as what our society experienced with La Leche League International's breastfeeding revolution, begun more than 50 years ago, we at Attachment Parenting International (API) hope to be looking at a different kind of society in coming generations — one where disconnection is discouraged and healthy, securely attached relationships are valued above competition and shame.

We as parents are that drop, and by raising our children in a way that promotes secure attachment, we are creating ripples that will reverberate through our society, carried by the interactions and impressions that our children make on their partners, children, and other important relationships, as well as those interactions and impressions that our grandchildren make, our great - grandchildren, and so forth.

Reading can also serve as a supportive way to deepen attachment and nurture relationships:

Rather than assuming that sleeping arrangement produces a particular «type» person it is probably more accurate to think of sleeping arrangements as part of a larger system of affection and that it is altogether this larger system of attachment relationships, interacting with the child's own special characteristics that produces adult characteristics.

As attachment parents, we believe that the relationship we have with our children is critical to this objective, and we choose not to use parenting techniques that might damage that relationship — even when it might be more convenient, easier, or more in line with the views of others.

Submit photos of you with your family for use in API's publications to help us better show that the world of Attachment Parenting is as much about Dad's relationship with the kids as Mom.

I am reminded that sibling love starts with the attachment between parent and child, not child and child, for as the child feels secure and loved in their relationship with the parent, the new child is not a threat and can be safely loved.

In a sample of incest survivors, those classified as having «insecure» attachment relationships as adults were more likely to be depressed and have personality disorders, above and beyond any effects of abuse severity.

Science confirms what instinct has always sung in the hearts of mothers — that nature prepares mothers and babies to be able to commence their attachment as soon as the baby is born: Immediately after a natural birth, certain hormones that are part of the birth process remain at high levels within the mother's and baby's bodies and play a crucial role in the formation of their relationship.

The ability to work as a duet during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period, grounded in evidence based strategies and procedures, reduces anxiety and depression and increases feelings of love and attachment within the relationship.

Previous attachment research has demonstrated the importance of the mother - infant relationship to children's emotional development, but there is still relatively little research on the role of fathers, the marital relationship and the family as a whole.

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a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)(WorldNetWeb.Princeton); an intense emotional attachment