Therapist For Attachment Disorders

Attachment Disorder

Attachment disorders are a serious condition which people have a hard time creating and maintaining lasting relationships. Many times these attachment issues arise from a failure to form normal attachments to primary care giving figures in early childhood. These attachment issues can carry throughout a child’s adolescent years to adulthood. Adults that have an attachment disorder sometimes show a compete lack of ability to be genuinely affectionate with other and have other trust issues. If you are having problems maintaining relationships, seeing a psychologist might be the best approach.

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Symptoms of Attachment Disorder

Superficially engaging & charming
Lack of eye contact on parents’ terms
Indiscriminately affectionate with strangers
Not affectionate on parents’ terms (not ‘cuddly’)
Destructive to self, others and material things (‘accident prone’)
Cruelty to animals
Lying about the obvious (‘crazy’ lying)
Stealing
No impulse controls (frequently acts hyperactive)
Learning Lags
Lack of cause-and-effect thinking

Poor peer relationships
Preoccupation with fire
Preoccupation with blood & gore
Persistent nonsense questions & chatter
Inappropriately demanding & clingy
Abnormal speech patterns
Triangulation of adults
False allegations of abuse
Presumptive entitlement issues
Parents appear hostile and angry
Lack of conscience
Abnormal eating patterns

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up ."

-THOMAS EDISON

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Stages of Life Counseling Inc
23133 Hawthorne Boulevard
Suite 207
Torrance, CA 90505

Phone: (310) 502-0164
diane@stagesoflifecounseling.com

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Mon-Friday: 9am-5pm

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Helpful Links For Attachment Disorder

Wikipedia - Reactive attachment disorder - An article on Reactive attachment disorder about the signs and symptoms, diagnosis, causes and treatment.
Mayo Clinic - Reactive attachment disorder - Read about the causes, symtoms, complications, tests and diagnosis, treatment and drugs for Reactive attachment disorder.
Medline Plus - Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood - Learn about the causes of reactive attachment disorder in infancy or early childhood. Read about the symptoms and treatment.