Attachment and Bonding shapes each person’s unconscious relational patterns about Self-in-Relationship. These relational patterns are the core of a person’s Life Script. Although some attachment patterns are formed early in life (as Eric Berne said, “with mother’s milk”) therapeutic experiences have shown that we form a variety of bonds with others based on the quality and frequency of having someone who is responsive to our Relational-Needs. In this presentation Dr. Erskine will describe the research on Relational-Needs and how they are essential in the process of bonding and in the practice of psychotherapy and counselling.
Recommended readings:
Relational Patterns, Therapeutic Presence: Concepts and Practice of Integrative Psychotherapy. By Richard G. Erskine, (2015) Karnac Books. ISBN:13:978-1-78220-190-8
The Art and Science of Relationship: The Practice of Integrative Psychotherapy. By Richard G. Erskine & Janet P. Moursund (2022). Phoenix Publishing. ISBN: 13:978-80013-137-8
Course Content
Presenter
Richard G. Erskine, PhD. is the training director of the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy. He is a licensed psychoanalyst, certified transactional analyst, a first-generation Gestalt Therapist, and originally trained in client-centered therapy. He has integrated his diverse background to form a developmentally-based, relationally-focused integrative psychotherapy. He is the author of numerous articles and eight books on the theory and methods of psychotherapy.
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