Unresolved relational conflict prevents attachment security and perpetuates a victim mindset.
But when you understand clients from an attachment science perspective, everything they do makes sense.
You can see how even the most 鈥渄ysfunctional鈥 behavior is a response that has worked in the past... But now your client is stuck in that response and doesn't know how to get different results.
When you understand your client through the lens of attachment, you deepen your awareness of who they really are... And give them the safety and security to be vulnerable and allow for change.
In this video, Dr. Terry Levy discusses the attachment life script, a powerful therapeutic tool that enables you to begin to understand your clients at the level needed for lasting change.
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Meet the Expert:
Terry Levy, PhD, DAPA, has been a psychotherapist, trainer, supervisor and consultant for over 40 years. Dr. Levy is the director of the Evergreen Psychotherapy Center and the Attachment Treatment and Training Institute in Evergreen, Colorado. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in Colorado and Florida, a Board Certified Forensic Examiner and a Diplomate and Master Therapist of the American Psychotherapy Association. He is co-author of the best-seller Attachment, Trauma & Healing (2nd edition, 2014, Jessica Kingsley Publisher, London), editor of Handbook of Attachment Interventions (2000, Elsevier Press) and co-author of Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust and Love (2006, Child Welfare League of America).
Dr. Levy was the founder and previous director of the Family Life Center (Florida) and the Miami Psychotherapy Institute, which offered family systems treatment and training. He was co-founder and past-president of the board of directors of the Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children (ATTACh), an international organization dedicated to attachment and its critical importance to human development.
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