Exciting News from Dr. Sue!

At the Center, we recently heard from Sue Johnson, the primary originator, researcher and developer of the fastest growing couples and family therapy approach in the world.  Sue let us know that, “My latest book, Safe and Sound, has been accepted for publication.”  The book is final edits.  Publication date is not yet known. From what we understand, Dr. Johnson in the book, Safe and Sound, proposes a unified field theory in essence for much of the psychotherapy field.  She presents a plethora of evidence regarding the central importance of relationships and relational health for human beings.  Furthermore, she focuses on attachment needs.  That people live in the shelter of […]

On Improving Our Therapist Attachment Lens

There was a baseball player, Will Clark, San Francisco Giants, who I followed back in the day.  He had the most elegant swing and could hit the ball for power and got on base often (my apologies to non-baseball fans, but this will make sense soon).  His baseball lens for seeing the ball coming to the plate was unsurpassed. Turns out, Mr. Clark had 20/10 vision.  Yes, he saw things 20 feet away as if they were 10 feet away.  Remembering this got me thinking about my attachment lens.  When first doing attachment-based work, I believe my vision was more like 20/100.  Attachment bonds that were right in front of me […]