Completed Together Or Practitioner-Led
The practitioner may enter information during a conjoint discussion or from session notes. Partner statements remain distinguishable from practitioner interpretation.
Attachment Injury Assessment for EFCT
Attachment Injury Assessment is an EFCT assessment and formulation tool for practitioners working with couples affected by a specific past betrayal, abandonment, or failure of responsiveness. It helps the practitioner organize the injury narrative, attachment meaning, hurt, unmet need, the other partner's role and responsiveness, and whether the injury appears central to the therapy impasse.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Clarifies
The assessment clarifies specificity of the incident or pattern, attachment meaning, hurt, unmet need, partner role, responsiveness, and whether focused repair may be needed.
Important Limits
The tool does not determine truth, assign blame, make legal conclusions, score injury severity, or perform the repair process itself.
Does Attachment Injury Assessment decide who is responsible?
No. The tool organizes reported material and practitioner formulation; it does not adjudicate facts, blame, or legal responsibility.
Can partners complete it by themselves?
No. A self-service client workflow is not supported; the practitioner controls the assessment record.
What if the incident is not specific enough?
The result shows insufficient specificity rather than forcing an injury formulation.
Does the tool automatically classify the injury as central?
No. Central-impasse clarification is a practitioner assessment, not an automated classification.