Healing attachment wounds by being cared for and caring for others
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-29-2020
Publication Title
Counseling Today
Abstract
Those who work with individuals who have been traumatized have noted the need for these clients to reestablish connection to their own internal worlds. In these cases, clients often become frozen or, depending on the depth of trauma and the immediate response to that trauma, have an outwardly focused, hypervigilant, fight-or-flight approach to their experiences.
Cases of troubled attachment are based in this kind of fight-or-flight response, whether it is rooted in large T trauma (i.e., catastrophic accident or abuse) or small t trauma (i.e., multiple experiences with neglect or mistreatment). This leads to an inability for these clients to securely attach to others.
Recommended Citation
Baruch, Adele and Higgins, Ashley, "Healing attachment wounds by being cared for and caring for others" (2020). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 13.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/usm-faculty-and-staff-scholarship/13
