Description
This is a concise, accessible introduction to the basic principles of attachment theory, and their application to therapeutic practice. Bringing together 70 years’ of theory and research, its expert authors provide a much-needed user-friendly guide to attachment-informed psychotherapy.
The book covers:
- The history, research base, and key figures and concepts of attachment theory
- The key concepts of attachment theory, and their implications for practice
- Neuroscience implications of attachment and its therapeutic relevance
- The parallels and differences between parent-child attachment and the therapeutic relationship
- The application of attachment in adult individual psychotherapy across a number of settings, also to couples and families
- The applications of attachment to working with complex disorders
- The applications of attachment in child psychotherapy
Table of Contents
Background: Attachment Science
Introduction
Attachment’s Principals and Principles
Attachment-informed Psychotherapy: Definition and Overview
Affect Regulation in Attachment and Psychotherapy
Sensitivity, Mirroring, and Play: Foundations of Attachment Security in Caregivers and Therapists
The Neuroscience of Parental Sensitivity
Mentalising
‘Earned Security’: Attachment and Resilience
‘Organised Insecurity’: Fostering Security through Therapeutic Conversations
‘Disorganised Insecurity’: Attachment Approaches to Complex Disorders
From Stasis to Movement: An Attachment Model of Psychotherapeutic Change
The Improbable Profession: An Attachment-Bayesian Model of Psychodynamic Change
Attachment, Mentalising, and Child Psychotherapy: Working with Parents
Attachment in Couples and Families
Attachment and Society
Epilogue
Selected Attachment Bibliography
References
