Attachment as a part of therapy - do you know/care what your attachment style is

I don't know which is more common. I do know, however, that I need a therapist who encourages healthy attachment in order to trust enough to do the work. I am even more grateful to my former T now that I took this test. He gave me the gift of self-confidence, and my attachment style is secure. Anxiety score = 2.61, avoidance = 2.41. I definitely would have been very anxious in the past. I think I'll do the test again, only this time answer according to how I felt in my marriage and throughout most of my life.

ETA: I answered this time according to how I felt towards the end of my marriage, and my anxiety = 5.78, avoidance = 3.67. Attachment style was pre-occupied. I was married to a man who was quite narcissistic and passive-aggressive.

I think attachment style is important. On the other hand I don't believe in putting a label on someone and leaving it there. My attachment patterns are different in different types of relationships, but I tend to move between secure and anxious. I assume that's because of therapy and, as I recall, I used to be a lot more anxious years ago. One aspect of attachment style is that, if the initial attachment style isn't secure, then one tends to revert to old patterns during moments of stress and pressure.

I think this is important to consider because it influences how we act. It also helps us know when an interaction is healthy and when our responses are actually based on the past rather than the present situation. For therapists, it can also indicate potential things which may not work down the road in therapy, things the client may or may not be ready for / open to, client OR therapist potential self-sabotage to avoid. That's my take on it.

I took a similar test a month or two ago and was frustrated at the preconceived notions of the theory builders about which attachment styles were better or healthier than others, which showed in the labels put on the different styles. It doesn't seem to be a scientifically viable way of analysing data, to me. In any case, I remember that my attachment to my spouse and my best friend were in diametrically different corners of the box. In one case I try not to share how I feel and have no fear of being abandoned, in the other case I share a lot and am confident that sooner or later they will leave me.

According to the online test suggested here: low anxious & dismissive... Thus, quite similar e.g. with Stopdog... But does it mean that we behave similarly in therapy?
I know that I am a bit dismissive but it still doesn't influence my therapy much, I just question a bit more than others so my T has to be more patient but I think that as long as I am honest and willing to work hard on myself, there is no big issue with it... Thus, I'd say that I don't care much about my attachment style...

Hmm, yes, I meant to add to my post that I don't really think the attachment style thingy is important for my therapy. I am attached to my therapist, but I am very aware of the fact that I don't know him as a person, and so what I am attached to is the T persona.

attachment... crumbs ... another thing I need to ask about.
If I can manage to say anything along that line.

I don't have a romantic partner or a close friend. I did the best I could.
Anxious/fearful. Sounds about right.

I got "secure."

This is probably a relatively new phenomena for me.

I can test fearful/avoidant or secure, depending on the day.

My transference issues are currently all about unresolved attachment, and having a really hard time trusting that my therapist isn't going to bolt if I'm open, so it's really relevant to my therapy right now.

I just did the test and came up with a 5.17 anxiety and 4. on the avoidance scale.
Huummmm now what to do....

Wow I found my result pretty surprising...My attachment style is "secure". I guess this is true for the most part because most of my close relationships do feel very secure, safe, and satisfying.

In terms of my therapist- it wavers. I feel secure with her but when she made abrupt changes to her approach, with no explanation, I began to feel insecure. Now she feels distant at times and close at others. I also chalk it up to experiencing maternal transference, in the case of fearing her abandoning me, rejecting me, or judging/criticizing me in the way my mother has my entire life.
She highly encouraged attachment and made ridiculous efforts to earn my trust so it would happen. I don't know how I feel about it now.