Integrative Attachment Therapy — Dr. David Elliott

About this episode

Dr. David Elliott discusses integrative attachment therapy and its applications in healing attachment wounds.

Dr. David Elliott is a clinical psychologist, former president of the Rhode Island Psychological Association, and Harvard graduate. He teaches internationally on attachment, personality, and psychotherapy process, and is the co-author of Attachment Disturbances in Adults. In this conversation, we explore: — The ‘ideal parent figure’ method and how it can be applied to heal attachment wounds — The three pillars of integrative attachment therapy — The benefits and limitations of the therapist becoming the client's good attachment figure. And more. You can learn more about Dr. Elliott’s work at https://www.davidelliottphd.com. --- Dr. Elliott received his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1989 from Harvard University. His clinical training while at Harvard included externships at the Tufts University Counseling Center, the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Massachusetts, and a clinical psychology internship at McLean Hospital, the psychiatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital, where he worked on the Adolescent and Family Treatment Unit and at the hospital’s mental health…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. David Elliott

Topics covered

• attachment therapy
• psychotherapy
• mental health
• parenting
• clinical psychology

Keywords

• attachment wounds
• psychotherapy process
• ideal parent figure
• integrative attachment therapy
• clinical psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rhode Island Psychological Association, Harvard University

Books & works: Attachment Disturbances in Adults

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