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Archive for Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment – Page 2

UPDATE: Is Stevens’s Archetypal System of Sexuality a Form of GBAE?

In earlier posts (see posts from December 21st, 2010, and January 4th, 6th, 12th, and 20th, 2011), I have talked about what I call the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment (or GBAE for short). In my earlier posts I have argued that the GBAE holds the behavioral systems of caregiving, attachment, and sex. Bowlby’s ethological studies (e.g., […]

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Placing “Couples and Affairs” Into an Attachment Theory Framework (Part 2)

This is part two of my summary of a workshop that took place on January 13th, 2011, here in Albuquerque and was entitled Couples and Affairs: Managing the Clinical Challenges. The workshop was put on by Michael Ceo. I signed up for this workshop because the brochure said that the presenter would use attachment theory (among […]

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UPDATE: Don’t Mess with the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment

In earlier posts I have argued that the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment (GBAE) holds the behavioral systems of caregiving, attachment, and sex. Bowlby’s ethological studies (e.g., the study of animal behavior) revealed to him that one of the greatest challenges facing the animal world was how to go about balancing and harmonizing the motivations arising from […]

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How Much Do You Know About What You Don’t Know?

Q – How much do you know about what you don’t know? OK, is this a trick question like, “Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?” Actually, it’s a legitimate question. Let me see if I can explain using myself as an example. As many of you know, I suffer from migraine headaches. Many migraine sufferers will […]

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Getting Back On Track With the “Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment”

In my posts of recent (see posts from December 21st, 2010, and January 4th, 6th, 12th, and 20th, 2011), I have talked about what I call the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment (or GBAE for short). In my earlier posts I have argued that the GBAE holds the behavioral systems of caregiving, attachment, and sex. Bowlby’s […]

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