Attachment in therapeutic practice /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmes, Jeremy, 1943-
Other Authors: Slade, Arietta
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles ; London : SAGE Publications, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Attachment's Principals and Principles
  • 3. Attachment-informed Psychotherapy: Definition and Overview
  • 4. Affect Regulation in Attachment and Psychotherapy
  • 5. Sensitivity, Mirroring, and Play: Foundations of Attachment Security in Caregivers and Therapists
  • 6. The Neuroscience of Parental Sensitivity
  • 7. Mentalising
  • 8. 'Earned Security': Attachment and Resilience
  • 9. 'Organised Insecurity': Fostering Security through Therapeutic Conversations
  • 10. 'Disorganised Insecurity': Attachment Approaches to Complex Disorders
  • 11. From Stasis to Movement: An Attachment Model of Psychotherapeutic Change
  • 12. The Improbable Profession: An Attachment-Bayesian Model of Psychodynamic Change
  • 13. Attachment, Mentalising, and Child Psychotherapy: Working with Parents
  • 14. Attachment in Couples and Families
  • 15. Attachment and Society
  • 16.Epilogue.