ABSTRACT
The magnitude of accumulated evidence from developmental neurobiology, the neurosciences, and developmental psychoanalysis garnered attention within the psychoanalytic community for Bowlby's work and moved attachment theory beyond the fringes of psychoanalytical theory. Attachment theory holds the position that central nervous system is an open feedback loop, which requires input and external regulation from other social mammals. Secure attachment creates stable neurophysiological homeostasis and the lack of it produces disruptions in neurophysiological systems. From a neurobiological standpoint, group psychotherapy is a delicate establishment of regulatory attachment relationships aimed at stabilizing physiology and revising implicit emotional memory of attachment patterns. All forms of group psychotherapy, from psychodynamic, interpersonal, and Systems-Centered Theory (SCT) to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), are the degree to which they accomplish this task and enhance growth in relevant neuroncircuitry. Clinical experience and research findings from treatment outcome studies, child development, animal studies, and evidence gathered from the neurosciences with both adults and children confirm the importance of attachments.
