Today’s guest is licensed professional counselor, Taylor Heath. Her professional focus is counselling people that are experiencing struggles with mental health and addiction. In this episode, Taylor shares her expertise on attachment. Attachment begins at birth as we form connections through the child-caregiver relationship, but it continues across the lifespan and influences our adult relationships, decision making, and even our mental health. Taylor explains differences between secure and insecure forms of attachment and how they can play out in our professional and personal lives. We also explore the complicated interaction between disrupted attachment, substance use, and mental health. Taylor speaks about the pathways we have to repair attachment wounds as a means of promoting recovery and mental wellness.
References from Episode 6
Taylor Heath https://christianfamilysolutions.org/about/provider-staff/taylor-heath/
Christian Family Solutions https://christianfamilysolutions.org/
Love Sense by Dr. Sue Johnson https://drsuejohnson.com/books/
The Attachment Theory Workbook by Annie Chen, LMFT https://g.co/kgs/3RnMEg
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Neff and Germer https://self-compassion.org/mindful-self-compassion-workbook/
Addiction, Attachment, Trauma, and Recovery by Oliver Morgan https://g.co/kgs/tCCVsu
