For the most part, the field of psychology has attempted to change patterns of behavior by targeting the behavior itself. This is the focus of Behavioral therapy through rewards and punishment, as well as rational or cognitive approaches that appeal to linear logic to influence a change in behavior. And even psychodynamic approaches will delve into one's history to identify the root cause of a behavior with the hope that new insight and understanding will undo negative behaviors and encourage more productive behaviors. It is relatively only more recently that John Bowlby's work in the 1950's on 'attachment' has begun to resonate and gain traction. It is becoming increasingly clear that initial attachment bond with parents and caregivers has a huge impact on childrens' later behavior.  In this podcast we will see a video demonstrating both secure and insecure attachment in toddlers. The nature of pdxi is to expand the premise of attachment in the form of the therapeutic alliance.  The pdxi  process literally has no interest in influencing behavior. The nature of pdxi is to simply strengthen the alliance with the understanding that this in-and-of-itself will have a secondary effect to influence an automatic shift in rigid patterns of behavior.