ABSTRACT
In this chapter the authors examine the behaviour of caregiving in some depth drawing on research carried out by Una McCluskey. They discusses the affect and behaviour, which arose from the interaction between five typical careseeking approaches and five typical caregiving responses. They use video material from training workshops to illustrate the different patterns of interaction aroused between caregivers and careseekers when they are being defensive or exploratory. McCluskey identified five typical careseeking behaviours and five caregiving responses and which together yield a possible twenty-five patterns of interaction. The chapter explains a detailed analysis of patterns of interaction in order to highlight particularly the manner in which caregivers respond, both effectively and ineffectively to their clients by either being attuned, misattuned, non-attuned, or disorganized. It looks at the typical ways that careseekers and caregivers relate to one another and the patterns of interaction that ensue.
