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This issue, dedicated to attachment paradigms and how they relate to group psychotherapy, significantly advances our understanding of the interface of attachment and group therapy and the way in which we can employ this understanding to improve effectiveness as group therapists. The attachment paradigm is central in linking the psychological work of therapy to its neurobiological underpinnings, melding brain, mind, and body (Maunder & Hunter, 2015). The science of our work evolves through an ever-growing understanding of our models and techniques, as we implement what has repeatedly emerged as cornerstones of effective group psychotherapy: the establishment and maintenance of group cohesiveness and the utilization of receptive and expressive components of empathy (Leszcz, 2014; Norcross & Wampold, 2011).