The Responsive Psychotherapist: Attuning to Clients in the Moment. 2021
DOI: 10.1037/0000240-004
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Attachment theory as a framework for responsiveness in psychotherapy.

Abstract: In this chapter, we use attachment theory as a framework to begin the pathway to conceptualization of therapists' responsiveness to their clients by considering the responsiveness of parents to their infants. Research in developmental psychology on mother-infant attachment flourished following Ainsworth et al.'s (1978) groundbreaking strange situation paradigm. First, we touch on the nature of early infant-parent interaction to highlight the centrality of responsiveness in infant-parent bonds. Second, we consi… Show more

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“…Looking through the lenses of closeness and distance adds a layer to understanding the components of the alliance and the way they are shaped over time in the therapeutic relationship. This may enhance therapists’ attunement to specific client’s relational needs (Wiseman & Egozi, 2021). In addition, therapist awareness of their own closeness–distance needs may help identify components of countertransference and contribute to therapist training and supervision.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Looking through the lenses of closeness and distance adds a layer to understanding the components of the alliance and the way they are shaped over time in the therapeutic relationship. This may enhance therapists’ attunement to specific client’s relational needs (Wiseman & Egozi, 2021). In addition, therapist awareness of their own closeness–distance needs may help identify components of countertransference and contribute to therapist training and supervision.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An attachment‐informed approach to conceptualising the therapeutic relationship postulates that it is likely to reactivate clients’ long‐standing expectations about the availability and responsiveness of others. To be optimally responsive in psychotherapy, therapists regulate therapeutic distance in relation to clients’ attachment needs (Wiseman & Egozi, 2021) as part of their effort to establish the alliance with the client.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Convergent validity of the TDS-O was established through associations with self-report measures-the attachment measure of the ECR and the Working Alliance Inventory [WAI; (48)]. In these studies, patient and therapist narratives were analyzed by trained observers using the TDS-O at three phases of therapy.…”
Section: The Therapeutic Distance Scaleobserver Version (Tds-o)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, there was no significant change over time in perceptions of therapists as being too close, nor in growing autonomy. In another publication based on these data, Wiseman and Egozi (2021) presented excerpts from RAP interviews that provide richly detailed client narrative accounts of therapists perceived as too close, too distant, and appropriately responsive. Although quite interesting in their own right, these results do not constitute a direct test of the SRTD model because Egozi et al (2021a) did not directly consider pretherapy client adult attachment and because neither analysis of these data (Egozi et al, 2021a(Egozi et al, , 2021b considered secure attachment to the therapist.…”
Section: Corrective Emotional Experiencesmentioning
confidence: 99%