Attachment and Clinical Psychology during COVID-19 Pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v31i116.391Keywords:
Attachment, Coronavirus, Clinical Psychology, Psychoterapy, Crisis InterventionAbstract
The COVID-19 virus has been designed as a global pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). It has led to the activation of the Alarm State in many countries, including Spain. This state has managed people to confinement at home and cut off physical contact with the others. This implies important socioeconomic and interpersonal changes. Attachment Theory can provide clues to analyze these changes on interpersonal relationships. The aim is to review the Attachment Theory to analyze from this theoretical framework the interpersonal changes during the pandemic, especially on the therapeutic relationship. It intends to think about the characteristics of attachment during the COVID-19 crisis, the effect on the activation of exploratory behaviors and the construction of personal identity. Changes in the therapeutic space during the virus and its consequences in the practice of Clinical Psychology are analyzed. Finally, crisis intervention and possible adaptations of the therapeutic space to work for the benefit of the patient are reflected on.
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