About me 

 

I am a clinical psychologist, a chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS, 467173) and fully registered with the British Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC, PYL30651). As part of my continuing professional development I am completing an advanced training in the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). 

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Adult Attachment Interview (AAI)​

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The AAI is a semi-structured interview designed to explore your thoughts and feelings about early childhood experiences, particularly in relation to caregivers. The focus of the interview is on how you think about and make sense of these experiences. It is not an evaluation of your childhood, nor is it a ‘test’. There are no right or wrong, or good or bad, answers.

 

 

Purpose of the Interview

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Delivering the AAI supports my professional development and training. While the interview focuses entirely on your thoughts and experiences, the purpose of the interview is to develop and assess my competence with the AAI protocol. Your participation helps to ensure that my learning is grounded in authentic experience.

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As the study of attachment is a developing and empirical field, an anonymised transcript from your interview may also be used for research and training. This helps to refine clinical expertise and improve coder accuracy and reliability, while contributing to a growing body of research data.  

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What to Expect

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• The interview will take approximately 60 to 90 minutes. 

• You will be asked a series of questions relating to your thoughts and feelings about relationships and childhood experiences. Some questions may bring up difficult memories and feelings, but most people find the interview supportive and rewarding.

• The interview will be video recorded and transcribed using a professional AI transcription service.

• All identifying information will be removed and an anonymised transcript will be shared with The Family Relations Institute for training and research purposes.

• You will be asked to complete a questionnaire about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

• You will also be asked for some basic demographic data such as age, gender, ethnicity, etc.

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Voluntary Participation

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• Participation is entirely voluntary - you are free to choose whether or not you wish to participate in the interview.

• You are free to choose whether or not you wish to answer questions. You may choose not to answer without giving a reason.

• You are welcome to pause, take a break, or stop the interview at any time.

• Even after signing the consent form you are still free to change your mind.

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Confidentiality & Data Protection

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• All personal data will be stored securely. This includes your consent form, the interview recording and transcript, your ACEs form, and demographic information.

• An anonymised transcript of the interview will be shared with The Family Relations Institute for training and research purposes, along with (non-identifying) demographic information and anonymised ACEs questionnaire scores.

• Once the interview has been fully transcribed, the recording will be permanently deleted.

• For my full data and privacy policy (GDPR) please see :  https://www.drkwb.co.uk/t-cs

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