Introduction The definition of attachment according to the oxford English dictionary is “Affection, fondness, or sympathy for someone or something “(2017).This paper discusses the purpose of attachment ,explains how it develops ,analyses the various forms of attachment and justifies the importance of attachment . The essay examines theories such as John Bowlby’s “secure base” , and Mary Ainsworth’s four attachment categories, and describe how these theories can explain and predict our behaviour
An infant is dependent on the caregiver for the fulfillment of his needs and this reciprocal relationship predicts his future tendencies regarding acquisition of his needs. A child who can’t depend upon adults for help would be insecure and unable to learn thus resulting in being a distorted human. Thus as adult, they will avoid people who need help and would have group of acquaintances not friends’ (Sennett 2003: 111). Dependency is defined as the degree to which a person relies
Attachment Theory in the Therapeutic Alliance ....the therapist role is analogous to that of a mother who provides her son a secure base from which to explore the world (Bowlby, 1988). I was always intrigued by the fact that psychotherapy inevitably involves a kind of interaction between two (or more) people who bring with them their own baggage to the therapy. The client is the one who is being ‘helped’ in and from the process of therapy but self growth and personal development is bidirectional
Pacht, 1984). Blatt(1995) claimed that the child can internalize parental attitudes such as neglect or rejection in time and these internalizations can represent self and others. Therefore, parental attitudes towards children, which are connected to attachment theory, might be a very important aspect in the development of perfectionist characteristics of the child. The basic principle of the theory is the first relationships with Family Preparing prototypes of social relationships in old age (Bartholomew