This is reprinted from The (completely wonderful) School of Life. We share with them a great love of the work of Donald Winnicott and the fierce belief that through reading and reflecting we can all be better parents, have more satisfying relationships and live happier lives.
Kent Hoffman describes the nuances of secure relationships better than pretty much anyone else does, so here’s his summary of why secure attachment matters so much
Being with. Being-With? It sounds so simple doesn’t it? There’d be very few of us who’d say we couldn’t do it, or weren’t good at it. But it really needs a second look especially as Kent Hoffman says that from their research (at Circle of Security) this single capacity is at the heart of secure attachment.
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