Understanding Dismissive-Avoidant Attachment goal is to list the common characteristics of a Dismissive-Avoidant attachment pattern, demonstrate how an Avoidant attachment pattern in childhood affects people throughout their lives and can lead to Dismissive-Avoidant patterns in adulthood, discuss how a patient with Dismissive-Avoidant attachment can develop an earned secure attachment in adulthood, and describe how to help a person with Dismissive-Avoidant attachment create a coherent narrative to form more inner security.