Assessing Attachment Patterns In the Client-Therapist Relationship

Kayla Meyer, a counselor specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, and attachment styles, talks to Richard Zwicky about attachment styles, defining them as patterns largely influenced by childhood experiences and temperament. Kayla elaborated on the four main attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized), their origins, and their impact on therapeutic processes, highlighting how a relational therapist observes these patterns in the client-therapist relationship.

Kayla and Richard concluded that healing attachment issues involves self-awareness, emotion regulation, corrective emotional experiences, and choosing a secure partner, noting that trauma work often addresses attachment issues and that progress is measured through self-report and observing successful relationships.