Attunement

Attunement is the capacity of caregivers and clients/patients to accurately read each other’s cues and respond appropriately (Blaustein & Kinniburgh, 2010).

Did you know that during every interaction, we receive most of the information by looking at what the person looks like and sounds like vs what they are actually saying? Below is a representation of this:

This means caregivers have to be functioning well before they can provide an emotionally safe space.