The dynamic maturation model: a new way of understanding how to cope with mental distress and create happier relationships - Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy

The dynamic maturation model: a new way of understanding how to cope with mental distress and create happier relationships - Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy was revolutionised in the second half of the last century by the development of attachment theory, the science of human bonding and needs. I wrote about this in my BHP blog ‘Why we need a secure base’. It describes how infants who do not have their primary needs met – for comfort, warmth and love – as they grow up often face emotional discomfort and turmoil when they become adults. Those in a stable, loving and caring framework as …