How Attachment Based Therapy Works:
By working with the present moment experience of the relationship with the therapist clients have an opportunity to better understand their relational templates that arise unconsciously. Specifically noticing what arises that blocks out a sense of safety & belonging and also learn & strengthen their pathways for fully feeling and taking in present moment goodness.
In individual therapy: Through attuned therapeutic relationship and experiential exploration counselor and client create the conditions needed for healing earlier attachment wounding.
In couples therapy: Through present moment engagement with partner, couples move towards greater secure functioning. And potentially create the conditions for the relationship to support healing related to needs for intimacy, autonomy, and security.
Ava is trained in the Hakomi/META approach to Attachment based therapy and is a Level 1 PACT Therapist
PACT was developed out of cutting-edge research in three areas:
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Neuroscience
The study of the human brain. Understanding how the brain works provides a physiological basis for understanding how people act and react within relationships. In a nutshell, some areas of your brain are wired to reduce threat and danger and seek security, while others are geared to establish mutuality and loving connection.
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Attachment Theory
The explanation for the biological need to bond with others. Experiences in early relationships create a blueprint that informs the sense of safety and security you bring to adult relationships. Insecurities that have been carried through life can wreak havoc for a couple if these issues are not resolved.
Content from: Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT)
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Biology of Human Arousal
The moment-to-moment ability to manage one’s energy, alertness, and readiness to engage.