Lydia Guthrie shares insights on supporting personal change, attachment theory, and how to help people transform their lives through evidence-based approaches.

More information on Lydia Guthrie can be found on her website 'Change Point':

https://changepointlearning.com/

Imogen runs a social research consultancy Imogen Blood & Associates:

https://www.imogenblood.co.uk/

She also provides MSC training:

https://www.seralliance.org/

Discussed in the podcast:

Motivational Interviewing: https://motivationalinterviewing.org/understanding-motivational-interviewing

Shadd Maruna on Desistance from Crime and Narrative Identity: https://britsoccrim.org/volume2/003.pdf

Our book: Blood, I. & Guthrie, L. (2018) Supporting Older People Using Attachment-Informed and Strengths-Based Approaches, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Pat Crittenden Dynamic Maturation Model of Attachment and Adaptation: https://www.iasa-dmm.org/images/uploads/Attachment-theory-psychopaathology%20andpsychotherapyThedmm-approach.pdf

Dr Chip Chimera: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/Chip-Chimera-iAic3AAC

Chapters

0:00 - Intro

1:39 - Lydia’s career and background

6:42 - How to help people change

8:49 - Measuring our success

13:48 - Working with denial

23:45 - What is attachment theory?

27:30 - Attachment, parenting and gender

31:10 - Changing our attachment patterns

40:36 - Why systemic (family) therapy?

43:50 - The role of the family therapist

48:06: - Not making things worse

48:38 - Change takes time

53:24 - Implications for service design