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What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger

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Integrating Behaviorism and Attachment Theory in Parent Coaching

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In this chapter, I discuss parent coaching with dyads with avoidant attachment and parents with a dismissing state of mind. First, I describe characteristics of avoidant attachment. Second, I describe relevant research on avoidant attachment including research on interventions that are effective in preventing or ameliorating avoidant attachment. Third, I describe characteristics of dismissing state of mind. Fourth, I review relevant research on dismissing state of mind. Fifth, I discuss clinical observations and recommendations for coaching parents in avoidant dyads and parents with a dismissing state of mind.

What does not kill me makes me stronger. (Nietzsche 1888)

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    This is a fictional account illustrating avoidant dyads and parents with dismissing states of mind.

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Troutman, B. (2015). What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger. In: Integrating Behaviorism and Attachment Theory in Parent Coaching. SpringerBriefs in Psychology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15239-4_7

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