ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the case study of Vivienne. Vivienne attended for therapy twice weekly for five years, then once weekly for another three years. Father was the chief executive and owner of his own company, which his father had founded on moving to Britain during the exodus of the Jewish community from Germany during Hitler’s early days. Vivienne had idolised her father throughout her childhood, but he had always been very busy with work commitments and with social engagements. Vivienne’s attachment schema had changed from one of insecure– avoidant attachment and now was moving towards secure attachment. The nature of Vivienne’s partnership had partly been due to her own attachment schema, partly to her partner’s attachment schema that in turn gave rise to the fact that he chose to spend a lot of his time away on lecture tours, and always gave precedence to his career.
