Author name: Benjamin Fry

Benjamin Fry is a psychotherapist, author, and entrepreneur, founder of Khiron Clinics and Televagal. An accredited therapist and speaker, he has written four books, including The Invisible Lion. With a background in physics, film, and business, he advocates for nervous system-based trauma therapies and delivers workshops worldwide.

26. Attachment Types: Disorganised Attachment

Blog #26 Two types of insecure attachment are resistant and avoidant. In these styles of attachment, it is relatively simple to estimate the attachment styles of the adults that the children become. Children who grow up with a resistant attachment style may find it difficult to become close to others, and be distraught when relationships […]

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25 Attachment Types: Resistant and Avoidant

Blog #25 Research on attachment theory from the 1950’s showed that other than secure attachment, participating babies’ attachment styles could be separated into a few types – resistant and avoidant being two of them. The experiment that took place involved placing babies in a room – individually – and exposing them to different situations, involving

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24 Attachment

Blog #24 Attachment (see Attachment Styles) is a term that defines a reciprocal relationship between nervous systems in which one system is the baby or child, and the other is the parent (usually mother) or primary caregiver. A child’s physical, emotional, psychological, and cognitive development is greatly influenced by the quality of this relationship, as

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