Attachment
What is attachment?
The ability to form and maintain healthy emotional bonds with another person.
What is self-regulation?
The ability to understand and manage emotions, behaviors, impulses, and reactions to things happening around you.
What is affiliation?
Being part of a group.
What is attunement?
Being aware of, and responsive to, another person.
What is tolerance and respect?
Tolerance: The ability to understand and accept how others are different from you.
Respect: Appreciating the value in yourself and others, and appreciating the value of diversity.
How can an individual practice attachment?
Examine your beliefs about relationships, increase emotional awareness, get comfortable with open and honest communication, seek out healthy relationships, etc.
How can an individual practice self-regulation?
Self-regulation is unique for everyone. Practice may include meditation, exercise, journaling, making music, creative expression (painting, drawing, etc.), talking to a trusted person, etc.
How can an individual practice affiliation?
Make an effort, identify your interests and explore common interests with others, be brave, practice positive self-talk, etc.
How can an individual practice attunement?
Pay attention to verbal and non-verbal communication. "Put yourself in another person's shoes."
How can an individual practice tolerance and respect?
Tolerance: learning about the differences that might exist between two people, accepting the differences, and forming a relationship (if appropriate) despite having differences.
Respect: Accepting differences, seeing the value in differences, seeing the value in everyone's uniqueness, being kind, being polite, listening to others, thinking before you speak, etc.
What are the benefits of having good attachment skills?
Allow a person to give and receive love, become a good friend, have a positive model for future relationships, have good relationships, have a support system, etc.
What are the benefits of being able to self-regulate?
What are the benefits of affiliation?
Being apart of something bigger, having close social contact, having healthy and strong relationships, having a stronger self-identity, etc.
What are the benefits of attunement?
Forming closer relationships, expanding emotional awareness, identifying and labeling emotions, etc.
What are the benefits of tolerance and respect?
Tolerance: developing compassion, engaging in positive relationships, developing critical thinking skills, greater sense of togetherness, etc.
Respect: improved mental health, improved relationships, forming new relationships, etc.
What are some signs of difficulty forming attachment?
What are some signs of poor self-regulation?
Having difficulty forming and maintaining relationships, having difficulty controlling own behavior, blurting out hurtful remarks, expressing anger with violence, etc.
What are some signs and impacts of poor affiliation?
Signs: difficulty forming and maintaining relationships, self-isolating, social withdrawal, lack of awareness or engagement of own interests, inability to deal with conflict, etc.
Impacts: negative feelings and emotions, poor mental health, negative impacts on relationships, etc.
What are some signs of poor attunement?
What are some signs of poor tolerance and poor respect?
Not appreciating differences, developing prejudices, responding to differences with judgement, etc.