Jan Jane's Attachment Theory

From several central concepts of initial life experiences, one can perceive valuable insights into comprehending the human psyche. Attachment begins in infancy and may last throughout a lifetime or it may change due to circumstances. Bowlby and Ainsworth, both supposed that the mother is the one that will shape the child's personality and character, but what about the other bonds a person makes throughout their lifetime?
A problem with the attachment model is that the list of attachment behaviors is limited to those that occur with the primary attachment figure. Yet, other attachments are not automatically defined by those same behaviors. People have attachments to other people, but they do not show attachment quite the same way as some theorists might want us to believe. According to Fields (1996), a prudent model of attachment would need to accommodate multiple attachments to a variety of people at different stages of life (as cited in Hong & Park, 2012). In this model, attachment is regarded as a connection that changes among two or more individuals as they become familiar to each other, each offering the other meaning.
Jane has shown several attachment styles throughout her life, and her primary figures in her life have affected her personality.
However, as a major shift occurred in her life spiritually, and bio-psychosocially, a vital shift in her attachment style also occurred. Hence, the idea of permanence in one’s personality or attachment style comes into question. When dealing with parental loss, one link to psychoanalytic theory is that disruption of parent-child bonds or dysfunctional relationships would lead to future impairments in the individual's capacity to develop relationships, which is clearly seen with Jane. However, when God came into her life, and a willingness to change a major life shift occurred. One could believe this shift could occur with anyone under the right
circumstances.
Closure
After the interview, Jane said to me “I understood, through God and AA, things about recreating myself. I understood that creating a whole person means knowing where I come from, how I can make mistakes, and how I can overcome things to make me stronger” (J. Doe, personal communication, April 1, 2017). She seemed to have had a cathartic experience during the recap of her life. I believe by bearing witness, remaining open, and my ability to show unconditional positive regard was a help for Jane to free to talk openly.
I do not think I would do anything differently in my next interview because I was professional and was able to get my interviewee to open up. I do need to be aware of a different client’s ability to communicate and attachment style when meeting for the first time. I knew this client so it was not difficult to create rapport. I also want to be aware of where my future gay clients are on Cass’s Identity model in terms of their sexuality so I can support them in the way they need.