Transforming personality & attachment patterns: PAC system & EMDR therapy

Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adult (AFTT-A) adapts Parent-Adult-Child (PAC) theory for a multimodal, step-by-step approach to restructuring the internal personality system by differentiating child parts of self from unhelpful versions of parent and adult parts within EMDR preparation phase two. Through EMDR resource work, unmet childhood needs for nurturing and protection can be met within clients themselves, strengthening the competent adult part of self to be in charge of inner and external attachments, and transforming all parts of self into healthier versions that play more helpful roles; thus enabling clients to move toward the "earned secure” end of the attachment continuum for healthier patterns in relationships. The model espouses some unique basic assumptions, including a core concept that every client retains a “spiritual essence,” a core of goodness, present from birth and the unshakeable belief that clients have within themselves all the resources and strengths needed for health and healing.

Conference

English

Debra Wesselmann
Ann Potter

Wesselmann, D., & Potter, A. (2022, September). Transforming personality & attachment patterns: PAC system & EMDR therapy. Presentation at the 27th EMDR International Association Virtual Conference