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Application of Attachment Theory Discussion Group
Join Beatriz Folch for a thought-provoking discussion exploring Thinking Relationally About Autism: Exploring Attachment, Family Experience, and Clinical Practice- A Discussion Group. Details to follow.
I’d like to invite practitioners working with autistic children and young people to a reflexive, exploratory discussion around attachment and autism.
This is not intended to be a lecture or a space where I position myself as an expert providing answers. Rather, I hope to create a space where we can think together, question our assumptions, share experiences and explore the ways attachment theory may — or may not — help us understand our work with autistic children and young people.
I am a psychologist and psychology teacher. I began my career in education, working in Special Educational Needs settings in Oxford, primarily with autistic children and young people, before completing my PGCE and teaching Psychology in mainstream schools. I currently work as a psychologist at an international sixth-form centre in Madrid, with a diverse caseload including autistic children and young people.
Attachment Theory has become an important framework in how I understand the young people I work with and formulate their difficulties. At the same time, I have become increasingly interested in where this framework is helpful, where it becomes more complicated, and what we might miss when we apply it too readily.
Some questions we might explore:
What happens when we look at autism through an attachment lens?
Where might attachment theory enrich our formulations?
Where might we risk confusing autistic characteristics with attachment-related difficulties?
How might differences in communication, sensory experience and social interaction shape our thinking about attachment?
What assumptions do we bring to our understanding of relationships between autistic young people and their caregivers?
How might an attachment-informed perspective influence our therapeutic relationships and interventions?
And perhaps most importantly: what are we not seeing?
There won't be a fixed set of answers or a definitive model to take away. The aim is to create a thoughtful, psychologically informed space for reflection and dialogue, drawing on our different experiences and perspectives.
Application of Attachment Theory Discussion Group
Join Beatriz Folch for a thought-provoking discussion exploring Thinking Relationally About Autism: Exploring Attachment, Family Experience, and Clinical Practice- A Discussion Group. Details to follow.
I’d like to invite practitioners working with autistic children and young people to a reflexive, exploratory discussion around attachment and autism.
This is not intended to be a lecture or a space where I position myself as an expert providing answers. Rather, I hope to create a space where we can think together, question our assumptions, share experiences and explore the ways attachment theory may — or may not — help us understand our work with autistic children and young people.
I am a psychologist and psychology teacher. I began my career in education, working in Special Educational Needs settings in Oxford, primarily with autistic children and young people, before completing my PGCE and teaching Psychology in mainstream schools. I currently work as a psychologist at an international sixth-form centre in Madrid, with a diverse caseload including autistic children and young people.
Attachment Theory has become an important framework in how I understand the young people I work with and formulate their difficulties. At the same time, I have become increasingly interested in where this framework is helpful, where it becomes more complicated, and what we might miss when we apply it too readily.
Some questions we might explore:
What happens when we look at autism through an attachment lens?
Where might attachment theory enrich our formulations?
Where might we risk confusing autistic characteristics with attachment-related difficulties?
How might differences in communication, sensory experience and social interaction shape our thinking about attachment?
What assumptions do we bring to our understanding of relationships between autistic young people and their caregivers?
How might an attachment-informed perspective influence our therapeutic relationships and interventions?
And perhaps most importantly: what are we not seeing?
There won't be a fixed set of answers or a definitive model to take away. The aim is to create a thoughtful, psychologically informed space for reflection and dialogue, drawing on our different experiences and perspectives.