ABSTRACT
Attachment provides a safe departure point for exploring the world, to investigate things and to take risks. The attachment figure functions as a secure base that the child can always return to safely to then venture back out into the world to explore it further. When exploring underlying themes dealing with loss and grief, explain to the reader's client the concepts of secure bases (psychoeducation). Instead of focusing on the person who was no longer with him, Alex now focused on the parts of her that were still present within him. For Alex, creating a secure base map was a very emotional process. He used to play tennis all the time, but Jody had never gotten into it. Creating a secure base map is a fairly easy exercise in some ways; all that's needed is a sheet of paper, preferably a large one, and a selection of multi-colored markers or oil pastel artist crayons.
