ABSTRACT
D Bonding, Touch, and Holding: From Psychobiology to Object Relations and Back Again Who raised you? How were you raised? These essential questions effect emotional health and overall relationship satisfaction. BiologicaL sociologicaL and psychological theories of human relationship strongly suggest that people tend to recreate their interpersonal wounds by recreating patterns of interaction established by early caretakers and maintained in family-of-origin systems. Attachments Genograms add a unique dimension to family assessment because many models of psychotherapy and family intervention are based on the assumption that the quality of interpersonal relationships influences self-esteem and stability within the family system.
