Lydia Guthrie shares insights on supporting personal change, attachment theory, and how to help people transform their lives through evidence-based approaches.
More information on Lydia Guthrie can be found on her website 'Change Point':
https://changepointlearning.com/
Imogen runs a social research consultancy Imogen Blood & Associates:
https://www.imogenblood.co.uk/
She also provides MSC training:
Discussed in the podcast:
Motivational Interviewing: https://motivationalinterviewing.org/understanding-motivational-interviewing
Shadd Maruna on Desistance from Crime and Narrative Identity: https://britsoccrim.org/volume2/003.pdf
Our book: Blood, I. & Guthrie, L. (2018) Supporting Older People Using Attachment-Informed and Strengths-Based Approaches, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pat Crittenden Dynamic Maturation Model of Attachment and Adaptation: https://www.iasa-dmm.org/images/uploads/Attachment-theory-psychopaathology%20andpsychotherapyThedmm-approach.pdf
Dr Chip Chimera: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/Chip-Chimera-iAic3AAC
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Lydia’s career and background
6:42 - How to help people change
8:49 - Measuring our success
13:48 - Working with denial
23:45 - What is attachment theory?
27:30 - Attachment, parenting and gender
31:10 - Changing our attachment patterns
40:36 - Why systemic (family) therapy?
43:50 - The role of the family therapist
48:06: - Not making things worse
48:38 - Change takes time
53:24 - Implications for service design
