The Networker- May/June 2012

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May/June 2012

In this Issue... Attachment Disorder ...........1

Attachment Disorder - An Introduction

Piece of My Mind ................ 9

Lawrence B. Smith LCSW-C, LICSW

ATN News ......................... 10 Upcoming Events .............. 12

Attachment bonds:

Advocacy Retreat ...............13

An attachment bond contains all of the following elements:

Book Review...................... 14

The mission of the Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN) is to:

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Comfort and safety is sought within the relationship

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Desire for physical proximity to the attachment figure.

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Emotional distress in response to enforced separation.

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The attachment figure is a specific other person and is NOT interchangeable.

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Emotional significance as safety is established.

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Persistence across time and situations.

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Reciprocity and mutuality

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Develop gradually over time and underlie self and object constancy. Until constancy is achieved, the length of separations should be monitored so as not to overstretch the developing bond and tear it.

Attachment & development:

Promote healing of families through support, education and advocacy.

The quality of the initial attachment is enormously important, for it contours all subsequent development. A functional attachment relationship has been identified as playing a vital role in all of the following: 

The context for the neurological structuring of the right hemisphere of the brain and integration of right and left hemispheres

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Functioning of the neuroendocrine system: production of hormones and neurotransmitters

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Development of an integrated Internal Working Model (Continued on page 2)


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