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• linking past experiences to present ones;
• This chapter examines the relation between clients’ attachment styles and their success in psychotherapy (outcome)
• one’s characteristic way of viewing, relating to, and interacting with significant others such as parents, children, and romantic partners.
• identified a fourth pattern—disorganized.
• Behaviors associated with the neurotic styles could be expected to be rigidly embraced even in the absence of acute stress.