Marmarosh Cheri L
The George Washington University.
Psychotherapy (Chic). 2014 Mar;51(1):88-92. doi: 10.1037/a0032523. Epub 2013 Sep 23.
Despite a large literature applying attachment to individual, family, and couple psychotherapy, it has taken much longer for clinicians to apply attachment theory to group psychotherapy. The lack of research attention in this area makes these three studies in this special section even more important to the field. They contribute significant findings that have the potential to help group leaders facilitate more cohesive and effective treatments for patients as well as move the field forward. Not only do we see the long-term impact of group treatment for those with insecure attachments, but we also learn how attachment anxiety impacts the group process, and how the attachment to the therapy group itself relates to changes in group member's personal attachment styles. The greatest contribution is the drawing of our attention to the many future studies that are needed to fully understand how group therapy facilitates change and how attachment theory plays a critical role in this process. Clinical implications are presented.
尽管有大量文献将依恋理论应用于个体、家庭和夫妻心理治疗,但临床医生将依恋理论应用于团体心理治疗却花费了更长的时间。该领域缺乏研究关注使得本专题中的这三项研究对该领域更为重要。它们贡献了重要的研究结果,有可能帮助团体治疗师为患者提供更具凝聚力和有效性的治疗,推动该领域向前发展。我们不仅看到了团体治疗对不安全依恋者的长期影响,还了解了依恋焦虑如何影响团体治疗过程,以及对治疗团体本身的依恋如何与团体成员个人依恋风格的变化相关。最大的贡献在于让我们注意到,为了全面理解团体治疗如何促进改变以及依恋理论在这一过程中如何发挥关键作用,还需要进行许多未来的研究。文中还阐述了临床意义。