Attachment, psychotherapy, and assessment: A commentary.

This article, a commentary, discusses questions and issues generated by 7 articles (see records 2006-22003-002, 2006-22003-003, 2006-22003-004, 2006-22003-005, 2006-22003-006, 2006-22003-007, 2006-22003-008) on the relationship between attachment theory and research, and psychotherapy and clinical assessment. The issues include the following: attachment-based therapeutic interventions for adults and child-caregiver dyads, change in attachment status as an outcome goal of therapeutic intervention, attachment pattern as a moderator of treatment outcome and therapeutic approach, clinical use of attachment measures, narrative/discourse and self-report measures of attachment patterns, and application of attachment theory to new areas. In the discussion of each of these issues, suggestions are made for future research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)