Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or
environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile …

Attachment theory provides an empirically grounded framework for understanding important
aspects of interpersonal functioning in children as well as adults. Recently attachment theory …

Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest in clinical applications of
attachment theory. In the present article, we briefly describe J ohn B owlby's model of …

Research suggests that psychotherapy relationships formed by adult clients can exhibit all
the essential elements of attachment bonds identified by Mikulincer and Shaver. Specifically …

When I first started writing about the therapeutic relationship a few decades ago, the concept
of the real relationship was perplexing to me. I had a hard time grasping how it fit within the …

Interviews were conducted with therapists (N= 12) nominated by peers as especially
effective in working with clients with adult interpersonal problems. Open-ended questions …

There are essentially two bodies of literature exploring the clinical implications of attachment
theory and research for adult psychotherapy. The first is a research literature examining the …

Two studies explored attachment in psychotherapy. In the 1st study, clients (N= 38) in time-
limited therapy completed the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale as a measure of …

Highlights•Many psychotherapy patients have insecure and particularly disorganized
attachments.•The patient therapist relationship has many features of an attachment …

The purpose of this study was to understand how the real relationship (RR) relates to
important process and outcome variables from both the clients' and therapists' perspectives …