Clinical Applications of the Dynamic-Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation: Assessment, Formulation and Principles of Care

• Clark Baim ^[1]
  1. [1] Family Relations Institute/IASA. EEUU
• Localización: Revista de psicoterapia, ISSN-e 2339-7950, ISSN 1130-5142, Vol. 36, Nº. 130, 2025 (Ejemplar dedicado a: El Modelo Dinámico Maduracional del Apego, Avances y Aplicación en Psicoterapia), págs. 73-81
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Aplicaciones Clínicas del Modelo Dinámico-Maduracional de Apego y Adaptación: Evaluación, Formulación y Principios de Atención
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  • español

    En un número anterior de esta revista, ofrecí una introducción al Modelo dinámico-madurativo (DMM) de apego y adaptación de la Dra. Patricia M. Crittenden. El DMM es un modelo biopsicosocial, basado en la investigación del desarrollo neurológico, y como tal ofrece una comprensión del desarrollo de la amplia gama de adaptaciones utilizadas por las personas que están en peligro o que ponen en peligro a otros, o que pueden necesitar apoyo psicológico o social por una amplia variedad de razones. El DMM es un modelo basado en fortalezas, no etiquetado y no patologizante que conceptualiza las adaptaciones al peligro como estrategias de autoprotección que promueven la supervivencia en su contexto original, pero que más tarde pueden conducir a un comportamiento problemático, peligroso o autodestructivo. Este artículo se centra en las aplicaciones clínicas del DMM, que incluye principios de evaluación, formulación y atención basados en el DMM

  • English

    Earlier in this journal issue, I offered an introduction to Dr Patricia M. Crittenden’s Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment and Adaptation. The DMM is a bio-psycho-social model, informed by neurodevelopmental research, and as such it offers a developmental understanding of the wide range of adaptations used by people who are endangered or endangering to others, or who may need psychological or social care support for a wide variety of reasons. The DMM is a strengths-based, non-labelling and non-pathologising model which conceptualises adaptations to danger as self-protective strategies that promote survival in their original context, but which may later lead to problematic, dangerous or self-defeating behaviour. This article focuses on the clinical applications of the DMM, which includes DMM-informed principles of assessment, formulation and care.

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