ABSTRACT
This chapter locates exploratory goal-corrected psychotherapy (EGCP) firmly within the psychoanalytic object relations tradition, and consolidates its position as a cutting-edge model of practice of individual and group psychotherapy from an attachment perspective. It examines the neuroscience evidence that supports its claims that biologically based interpersonal systems have an impact on the person’s health and well-being as they move from infancy to adulthood. The research from the mother-infant observation studies are placed alongside the research by McCluskey into adult to adult goal-corrected empathic attunement to illuminate the connection between the mother-infant and therapist-client dyads for the practising psychotherapist.
