Introduction to attachment theory WF-PS-N-WDTP
1. What is attachment - the work of John Bowlbe.
2. Internal working models - how our bonds are shaped.
3. Attachment patterns in children - Mary S. Ainsworth's works.
4. Attachment in adolescents and adults - Mary Main's works.
5. Biological basis of attachment.
6. Oxytocin.
7. Attachment and personality, social functioning and mental health.
8. Disorganization of attachment.
8. Attachment disorders.
9. Attachment and mental disorders.
10. Life cycle attachments.
11. Therapies: MBT ( mentalizing based therapy).
12. Therapy: psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy.
13. Therapies: Italian school of cognitive therapy (G. Liotti).
14. Therapy: therapy based on emotions (A. Schore)
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Learning outcomes
1. Student is able to describe the basic assumptions of attachment theory.
2. The student knows basic concepts of attachment theory such as attachment figure, internal working model, caring bond, attachment patterns.
3. The student understands the goals of attachment based therapies and its clinical application.
4. Student is able to describe the biological basis of attachment.
5. The student can describe the development of attachment in the life cycle.
6. The student knows the relationship between attachment patterns and personality regulatory mechanisms, social functioning and mental health.
7. Student is able to describe selected selected methods of assessing attachment in children, adolescents and adults.
Assessment criteria
essay,
The assessment is based on the following criteria:
1. The student uses the appropriate key terms attachment theory,
2. The student understands the different styles of attachment and their usefulness in the treatment of patients / clients,
3. student is able to make an initial assessment of attachment based on the description of the interaction in selected literary or film works,
For all the work student can get from 0 to 6 points.
Assessment:
5 (very good) - 6-5 points,
4 (good) - 4-3 points,
3 (sufficient) - 2 points,
0 (insufficient) - 1 point,
Bibliography
1. D. J. Wallin - Przywiązanie w psychoterapii.WUJ, Kraków, 2011.
2. D. J. Siegel - Rozwój umysłu. WUJ, Kraków, 2009.
3. J. Holmes - John Bowlby. Teoria przywiązania. GWP, 2008.
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