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Containment and attachment theory
A young female teacher coaxes a teenage boy to communicate

The ideas of containment are closely linked with those of attachment as they both rely upon an emotional connection between adults and children.


Children are not born with their attachment already formed. It emerges over time as they develop a trusting relationship with those adults who can make their world safe and secure by containing their anxieties.