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Table 2 Overview of the attachment training

From: Study protocol - efficacy of an attachment-based working alliance in the multimodal pain treatment

 

Title

Training

1

Attachment theory – An introduction

Development of attachment patterns and behavior

2

Attachment based intervention in the therapeutic treatment process

> therapist as secure base

> guideline for patients with insecure attachment styles

3

Impact of attachment on rehabilitation from disease

Attachment theory: meaning in regards to psychodynamic rehabilitation

4

Basics of attachment theory in a clinical setting

„Secure base“- > How?

5

Attachment and pain

Treatment of chronic pain patients – development of an attachment based intervention

6

Mentalisation based therapy

How do I see myself? How do I see others? Patient should learn more about himself and the behavior of others

7

Collegial consulting

Handling of patients with different attachment styles

8

Self-compassion and attachment

Empathy for others

- > What is empathy in the therapist-patient-relationship?

9

Self-awareness- Attachment experiences

> childhood memories

> In adulthood: Do some relationship patterns repeat itself?

> How to cope with stress?

10

Psychodynamic concepts

> unconscious conflicts

> Introjection

> transference and countertransference

> dysfunctional relationship patterns

11

Personality traits - narcissism

> relationship patterns

> appearance

> therapy

12

Secure attachment style and psychodynamic therapy I (Jeremy Holmes Ph.D., University of Exeter, London)

„Attachment, psychotherapy, and the inner world: from ethology to rational neuroscience“

13

Secure attachment style and psychodynamic therapy II (Jeremy Holmes Ph.D., University of Exeter, London)

„Partially contingent mirroring: a key component of psychoanalytic meta-competence”

- > application of attachment research findings to clinical situations

14

Interpersonal therapy- communication

Theory and examples of good and bad communication between therapist/doctor and patient

15

Attachment based intervention

> examples and advice for the therapist

16

Handling of critical situations

Patient’s behavior - > attachment style - > reaction of the therapist

17

Exposure

Motivation and psycho-education

18

Motivational and complementary therapeutic relationship according to Grawe

A basis for an attachment based approach?

19

Doctor-patient communication

Communication skills

20

Impact of personality and attachment style on pain perception in the therapeutic treatment process

Short and long term impact of attachment patterns on the treatment outcome