Psychological Explanations of Attachment
Starting in the 1970’s theories of Attachment were put forward by Bowlby and Ainsworth that are still in use to explain how infants connect with their caregivers, and how that leads to patterns of relationship in adulthood.
Attachment Theory and Neuroscience
The following clips from talks by Dan Siegel, which we will see in class, address the forms of attachment and the neuroscience that comes into play as we try to change our Attachmnt Patterns.
On Pages 162-167 of Brainstorm is a list of questions which you are to answer (or finish answering if we started in class), and bring to class for Wednesday where we will discuss your discoveries and play with some ways of "seeing" our family of origin in different ways.