Just imagine! The transformative potential of the imagination and its place in psychotherapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Sue Wright
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Case Material ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Transitional Space ◽  
Interpersonal Neurobiology ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Clinical Intuition ◽  
Transformative Potential

In this article the author explores the use of imagination and clinical intuition in psychotherapy. She discusses the functions of imagination and how the capacity to be creative and for flexible imagining emerges within a secure attachment relationship in early childhood. Winnicott's ideas are important here. She also discusses what happens when trauma or relationship failings compromise the transitional space and uses case examples to illustrate some responses to this breakdown. To set the scene the author discusses changing views on illusion and imagination from Freud onwards to the present day when we are informed by recent findings in neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology. It is richly illustrated with theory and case material.

scholarly journals Relationships matter: How clinicians can support positive parenting in the early years

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 340-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin C Williams ◽  
Anne Biscaro ◽  
Jean Clinton
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Adult ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Positive Parenting ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Parent Child Relationships

Abstract A secure attachment relationship with at least one healthy adult is essential for a child to develop optimal coping abilities. Primary care providers like paediatricians and family physicians can help by supporting parents in practice settings. Every clinician encounter is an opportunity to ask parents about children’s relationships and their behaviour, daily routines, and overall family function. This statement, which focuses on children aged 0 to 6 years, describes basic principles in support of positive parenting and recommends in-office practices to promote secure parent–child relationships, engage families and build trust with parents. Crying, sleep, and difficult behaviours are described as opportunities for clinicians to provide anticipatory, responsive guidance to parents.

scholarly journals Is attachment style in early childhood associated with mental health difficulties in late adolescence?

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S15-S15
Author(s):  
Philippa Clery ◽  
Angela Rowe ◽  
Marcus Munafò ◽  
Liam Mahedy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Childhood Attachment ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
Self Harm

AimsIdentifying factors that contribute to mental health difficulties in young people as early in life as possible are needed to inform prevention strategies. One area of interest is attachment. Although existing research has suggested an association between insecure attachment styles and mental health difficulties, these studies often have small sample sizes, use cross-sectional designs, and measure attachment as a discrete variable at a single point or use romantic relationship attachment as a proxy for childhood attachment. It is also unclear whether these associations persist into late adolescence. In this large prospective study we aimed to determine whether an insecure attachment style measured at repeated points in early childhood, is associated with depression and self-harm at 18 years.MethodWe used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children cohort. Mothers completed attachment related questionnaires when their child was 18, 30, and 42 months old. Offspring depression and lifetime self-harm was assessed at 18 years in clinic using the Clinical Interview Schedule-Revised. Attachment was derived as a continuous latent variable in a structural equation modelling framework. Logistic regression was performed on participants with complete attachment data (n = 7032) to examine the association between attachment style and depression and self-harm, with adjustment for potential confounders. Differential dropout was accounted for using multiple imputation.ResultWe found some evidence for an association between a more insecure attachment style in childhood, and a diagnosis of depression and life-time self-harm at age 18. In the fully adjusted imputed model, a one standard deviation increase in insecure attachment was associated with a 13% increase in the odds of depression (OR = 1.13; 95%CI = 1.00 to 1.27) and a 14% increase in the odds of self-harm at age 18 (OR = 1.14; 95%CI = 1.02 to 1.25), for children who had more insecure attachment in early childhood, compared with children who had more secure attachment.ConclusionThis is the largest longitudinal study to examine the prospective association between childhood attachment and depression and self-harm in late adolescence. Our findings strengthen the evidence suggesting that a childhood insecure attachment style is associated with mental health difficulties in late adolescence. Policies and interventions to support parenting behaviours that foster the development of secure attachment styles, or attachment-based therapies to improve attachment quality, could help reduce depression and self-harm in adolescence/young adulthood.Philippa Clery is supported by the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research at the University of Bristol and the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund.

Talking Technologically in Preschool and School: Three Case Examples

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Fleer
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Early Childhood Teacher ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
The Third ◽  
Very Young Children ◽  
First Case ◽  
Insight Into

This paper details three examples of technology education in process. The first case study highlights how an early childhood teacher comes to think about and plan for technology education. A series of diary entries are included to show the progression in thinking. In the second case study, a preschool teacher shows how very young children can participate in technology education. In the third case study a Year 3 teacher reveals how young children can become investigators in a simulated architects studio. The focus is on following the children's technological questions. All three case studies provide some insight into the sort of technological language that can be fostered in early childhood.

scholarly journals Leadership, Mental Toughness, and Attachment Relationship in the World Beach Volleyball Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10748
Author(s):  
Nayara Malheiros Caruzzo ◽  
João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci ◽  
Andressa Ribeiro Contreira ◽  
Aryelle Malheiros Caruzzo ◽  
Lenamar Fiorese
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Toughness ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Toughness Index ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

For a long time, competitive sport has focused only on aspects related to performance. However, studies in social psychology have indicated the importance of focusing on the human development of athletes, which can occur through training environments that promote psychological well-being. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the impact of the coach-athlete attachment style, mediated by the coach’s leadership style, on the mental toughness of athletes in the world beach volleyball context. Elite beach volleyball athletes (n = 65), participants of the World Tour 2018, were part of the study. The Coach-Athlete Attachment Scale (CAAS), Mental Toughness Index (MTI) and Leadership Scale for Sport (LSS) were used as instruments. For data analyses we used polychoric correlation and a bias-corrected factor score path analysis. Path analysis showed that perceived secure attachment was positively associated with athletes’ mental toughness (0.24; 0.31; 0.25), but leadership styles did not mediate this relationship. For athletes with anxious attachment profiles, the perception of autocratic leadership style was associated with athletes’ mental toughness (1.01; p = 0.03), when their interaction style is focused on coaching-instruction. It concludes that the secure attachment relationship can bring increases in levels of athletic mental toughness, whereas for athletes with insecure attachment, the autocratic style was shown to be associated with the highest levels of mental toughness.

Rural Wine and Food Tourism for Cultural Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle DR Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Wine Tourism ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Shared Culture ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Food Tourism

This conceptual article explores the relationships between culture, sustainability, and rural tourism. The development of food and wine tourism and its role in cultural sustainability is given special consideration. Soini and Dessein’s (2016) three-part, interdisciplinary conceptual framework for culture in, for, and as sustainability is presented as a means to understand the relationships between culture and sustainability. When applied to rural tourism, the framework reveals that rural tourism can support cultural sustainability in all three ways described: culture in sustainability, where tourism is a means to conserve tangible and intangible cultural capital and the diversity of cultural expressions; culture for sustainability, where tourism is a resource for rural development and a way to shape development processes; and ultimately, culture as sustainability, where tourism is a vehicle to facilitate a fundamental paradigm shift towards a shared ‘culture of sustainability.’ Illustrative case examples are discussed. Culture in, for, and as sustainability offers a framework for researchers and developers to critically analyze what is being sustained through tourism and why. Further research considering the transformative potential of rural wine and food tourism to support cultural sustainability is suggested.

Style przywiązania kształtowane w rodzinie i ich wpływ na rozwój emocjonalny dziecka

2018 ◽  
Vol 12(2)2018 (12(2)2018) ◽  
pp. 109-125
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Potaczała- Perz
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
Childhood Attachment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mother Figure

The article concerns the aspect of early childhood attachment that takes place in a dyad between a child and its primary caregiver, most often its mother. A substantial role of the "mother figure" in the process of shaping the bond has been emphasized, especially her availability, readiness and openness to respond to signals sent by the child. The article presents four attachment styles that are shaped in the family and have a significant impact on a child's emotional development. The most common and most beneficial for a child is the secure attachment style, in which the idea of a mother as a "safe base" shapes the sense of security and trust. Unfortunately, there are families in which non-safe attachment styles are formed: anxious-ambivalent style, avoidant style and disorganized style. Each of them adversely affects a child's development and its subsequent functioning among other people. And it would seem that so little is needed to build a trustful relationship with a child. Just to be there. Just to love. Just to recognize the child's needs and adequately react to them.

The influence of attachment security on preschool children’s empathic concern

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 436-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tia Panfile Murphy ◽  
Deborah J. Laible
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Security ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship

The current study examined the direction of the association between children’s attachment security and empathic responding. At 42 and 48 months of age, 69 children’s empathic concern was observed, and mothers reported the children’s attachment. Results indicated that attachment at 42 months predicted empathic concern at 48 months even after controlling for the influence of previous empathic concern. Similar analyses to predict attachment at 48 months from previous empathic concern were not significant, implying that a secure attachment predicted empathic concern and not the reverse. The findings suggest that a secure attachment relationship might be one context in which children learn to respond empathically to others.

scholarly journals Meaning of becoming mother and son/daughter through massage

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-422
Author(s):  
Francisca Márquez Doren ◽  
Camila Lucchini Raies ◽  
Soledad Rivera Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Development Method ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Comprehensive Health


Objective: Revealing the experience of mothers when massaging their children to know the phenomenon in the context of a mother-child healthy development. Method: This is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach carried out with 11 women who massaged their children and answered the guiding question: What did the experience of massaging your child mean to you? Results: The experience of massaging their children meant the development of their being a mother and of being a son/daughter, in addition to developing the attachment relationship between them. The massage can operationalize this integrality, become a tool of communication, stimulation and promotion of secure attachment, by promoting the loving interaction between mother and child. Conclusion: This practice should be considered as an option in the programs that promote the comprehensive health of the mother and child.



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