A Survey of Family Therapists’ Adult Attachment Styles in the United Kingdom

Yusof, Yusmarhaini; Carpenter, John

doi:10.1007/s10591-012-9230-6

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“…It had a number of limitations. Firstly, the attachment categorization of family therapists relied on their self‐report and in a previous article we showed that self‐assessment may be unreliable (Yusof and Carpenter, ). Similarly, the data were drawn from the therapists’ accounts of what they do in therapy; it was not possible to observe their practice and to assess their alliance behaviour.…”

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“…The sample of participants was drawn from respondents to an online survey in 2009 of family therapists’ attachment styles, which is reported elsewhere (Yusof and Carpenter, ). The respondents were all registered as family or systemic therapists with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.…”

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“…The survey of family therapists’ adult attachment styles indicated that a high proportion of family therapists manifested insecure styles (Yusof and Carpenter, ). In the present article we have suggested that ‘insecure’ therapists may experience difficulties in therapeutic encounters with families, particularly when they are more personally challenging.…”

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Family therapists’ adult attachment styles and the therapeutic alliance

Yusof¹,

Carpenter²

2015

Journal of Family Therapy

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Therapists' adult attachment style may affect their ability to form effective therapeutic alliances. An analysis of semi-structured interviews with eleven family therapists explored the relationship between their adult attachment styles, as assessed using a self-report measure, and their perceptions of the therapeutic alliance. A framework analysis was employed, using four dimensions of the therapeutic alliance: engagement in the therapeutic process, emotional connection to the therapist, safety within the therapeutic system and shared sense of purpose within the family. Responses were compared between therapists with secure and insecure attachment styles according to different dimensions of the therapeutic alliance. There were no substantial differences in therapists' accounts of their approach to engagement and creating a sense of safety; however they differed in their approaches to managing clients' hostility. Secure and insecure therapists differed in one of the dimensions of therapeutic alliance; emotional connections to family members. Training and supervision could incorporate an understanding of attachment style. Suggestions are made for future research based on this exploratory study. Practitioner Points• The ability to co-create a secure base may be related to the therapist's adult attachment style. • Therapists with insecure attachment styles appear to have difficulty in managing clients' hostility and close emotional connections. • Trainees may benefit from understanding their own adult attachment styles and resolving outstanding family-of-origin issues. • Clinical supervision could reflect on the interaction between the therapist's and family attachment styles.

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Family therapists’ adult attachment styles and the therapeutic alliance

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Carpenter²

2015

Journal of Family Therapy

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“…Similarly, the strength of one's sense of others was measured by adding ratings for secure and preoccupied attachment patterns, and subtracting ratings for fearful and dismissive attachment patterns. The RQ has been used widely, with scores found to be moderately stable (Scharfe & Bartholomew, 1998), although the transparent nature of the instrument is thought to bias responses in some cases (Yusof & Carpenter, 2013). Scharfe and Cole's estimates for the reliability of these attachment dimensions were consistently between .65 and .74.…”

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The Headington Institute Resilience Inventory (HIRI): Development and Validation for Humanitarian Aid Workers

Nolty

Bosch

et al. 2018

International Perspectives in Psychology

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We developed the Headington Institute Resilience Inventory as a psychometrically valid, multifactored self-report measure to identify dimensions of resilience for international aid workers. We define resilience as the capacity to adapt during traumatic incidents so that one not only just survives but survives well. By utilizing a dynamic approach to resilience to predict this adaptive capacity, we aim to identify dimensions that could lead to personalized protective training exercises, essential because of the work in areas of constant tension where there is a high risk of exposure to traumatic events. From 84 theory-driven items, through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with 2 samples of aid workers ( ns = 724 and 829), we identified and refined the most robust factors. Our resulting 7-factor, 33-item measure had αs greater than .69 for all factors, test–retest reliability coefficients between .79 and .94, and an estimate of composite scale reliability of .82. The findings are congruent with social–cognitive theories of resilience, which provide a plausible understanding of resilience as a multifaceted, dynamic construct. Although continued research is needed to fully validate the construct of resilience, this framework identifies dimensions of protective assets that are believed to be amenable to development, thus providing aid workers with a working definition of resilience.

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“…Previous studies suggested that the most successful methods of intervention for married couples are related to the therapist attachment style (Bucci, Seymour-Hyde, Harris, & Berry, 2015; Taylor, Rietzschel, Danquah, & Berry, 2015; Yusof & Carpenter, 2013). Byng-Hall (1995) proposed that therapists become a temporary attachment figure to clients; therefore, it is important that the therapists be mindful of their secure attachment style themselves.…”

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A Study on Attachment Orientations of Married Couples Living in the Suburbs of Kuala Lumpur and Rural Areas of Kota Bahru, Kelantan, Malaysia

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This study investigated the attachment orientations among married couples living in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur and rural areas of Kota Bahru, Kelantan, Malaysia. The door-to-door approach was used to collect the data. The Experience in Close Relationship-Revised version and the Experiences in Close Relationship-Relationship Structures were used to measure attachment orientations. The results showed that husbands scored higher in anxiety and lower in avoidance than their wives. The participants from Kuala Lumpur reported more anxiety and more avoidance for the partner domain but less avoidance for the best friend domain. The implications of the study as well as the need for understanding attachment orientations for married couples are discussed.

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A Survey of Family Therapists’ Adult Attachment Styles in the United Kingdom

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Family therapists’ adult attachment styles and the therapeutic alliance

Family therapists’ adult attachment styles and the therapeutic alliance

The Headington Institute Resilience Inventory (HIRI): Development and Validation for Humanitarian Aid Workers

A Study on Attachment Orientations of Married Couples Living in the Suburbs of Kuala Lumpur and Rural Areas of Kota Bahru, Kelantan, Malaysia

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