Attachment Theory Books
A Secure Base
Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, this classic collection of Bowlby's lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships. As... (more)
Touch: Attachment and the Body
Drawn from the Bowlby Memorial Lecture, founded in commemoration of the influential Dr John Bowlby, this volume explores issues of the body and the historically taboo subject of touch in... (more)
Archetype, Attachment, Analysis: Jungian Psychology and the Emergent Mind
The author's ground breaking new exploration of expanding knowledge from other disciplines such as cognitive science and developmental psychology, and attachment theory and research evidence sheds... (more)
Adult Attachment and Couple Psychotherapy: The Secure Base in Practice and Research
Attachment theory has triggered an explosion of research into family relationships. This volume brings research and practice perspectives to bear on the adult couple relationship, and provides a... (more)
Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis
This book undertakes to demontrate that the relationship between attachment theory and psychoanalysis is more complex than adherants of either community generally recognize. Beginning with a brief... (more)
Attachment, Sexuality, Power: Oedipal Theory as Regulator of Family Affection in Freud's Case of Little Hans
In Attachment, Sexuality, Power, Jerome C. Wakefield challenges established views of Freudian psychoanalysis by applying Foucault’s concept of ‘power/knowledge’ to Freud’s case of Little Hans,... (more)
Trauma and Loss: Key Texts from the John Bowlby Archive
During his lifetime John Bowlby, the founder of attachment theory, was unable to publish as he wished due to strong opposition to his ideas. Now, with the support of the Bowlby family, several... (more)
Working with Attachment in Couples Therapy: A Four-Step Model for Clinical Practice
Through an exploration of extensive case studies, this book demonstrates how the discovery and examination of original childhood attachment wounds is crucial to couple therapy. As many as half of all... (more)
Attachment Theory and Psychosis: Current Perspectives and Future Directions
Attachment and Psychosis: Current Perspectives and Future Directions is the first book to provide a practical guide to using attachment theory in the assessment, formulation and treatment of a range... (more)
Handbook of Attachment-Based Interventions
The first volume to showcase science-based interventions that have been demonstrated effective in promoting attachment security, this is a vital reference and clinical guide for practitioners. With a... (more)
Addiction, Attachment, Trauma and Recovery: The Power of Connection
Understanding addiction is no longer just about understanding neurons or genes, broken brain functioning, learning or faulty choices. Oliver J. Morgan provides a fresh take on addiction and recovery... (more)
Transference and Countertransference from an Attachment Perspective: A Guide to Clinical Practice
Locating the phenomenon of transference within an evolutionary perspective, this important book develops a new form of dynamic therapy that focuses on the dynamics of attachment in adult life and... (more)
The Attachment-Based Focused Genogram Workbook: Expanding the Realms of Attachment Theory
The Attachment-Based Focused Genogram Workbook is a hands-on guide for clinicians looking to integrate attachment research and family systems theory into their practice, with particular attention to... (more)
Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis - Vol.13 No.1
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL – Betrayal trauma: how do we hear it, how do we heal it? by Sue Richardson
ARTICLES
– Developmental trauma and unresolved loss in the Adult Attachment Interview by... (more)
The Simple Guide to Attachment Difficulties in Children: What They Are and How to Help
Full of helpful information and advice, this is the perfect introduction for any adult parenting or caring for a child who has experienced attachment difficulties. (more)
Attachment Centered Play Therapy
Attachment Centered Play Therapy offers clinicians a holistic, play-based approach to child and family therapy that is presented through the lens of attachment theory. Along the way, chapters explore... (more)
Help! My Feelings Are Too Big!: Making Sense of Yourself and the World After a Difficult Start in Life - for Children with Attachment Issues
Emotions can be complicated at the best of times. If something goes wrong right at the beginning of someone's life things can often feel painful and confusing. This book will help explain that there... (more)
Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis - Vol.12 No.2
Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis is a leading edge journal for clinicians working relationally with their clients; it is a professional journal, featuring... (more)
Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals Couples and Families
Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment--and providing an innovative roadmap for clinical practice--Susan M. Johnson argues that psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the... (more)
Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis - Vol.12 No.1
Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis is a leading edge journal for clinicians working relationally with their clients; it is a professional journal, featuring... (more)
Ethics and Attachment: How We Make Moral Judgments
Why are we disgusted when an elderly woman is robbed but sympathize with the actions of a Robin Hood? Why do acts of cruelty against a helpless kitten bother us more than does the trampling of ants?... (more)
Why Don't I Feel Good Enough?: Using Attachment Theory to Find a Solution
Why Don't I Feel Good Enough? Using Attachment Theory to Find a Solution offers a guide to how early emotional bonds affect our adult relationships and how psychological theory can help us to find... (more)
Dementia: An Attachment Approach
This interdisciplinary book offers a relational perspective to dementia care drawing on attachment theory and practice. Relevant to professionals and public alike, it brings together innovative... (more)
Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy with Children and Families
DDP is an attachment-focused treatment for children and adolescents who experience abuse and neglect and who are now living in stable foster and adoptive families. Its central interventions are... (more)
Handbook of Attachment: Theory Research and Clinical Applications: Third Edition
Widely regarded as the state-of-the-science reference on attachment, this handbook interweaves theory and cutting-edge research with clinical applications. Leading researchers examine the origins and... (more)
Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy: Beyond Evidence-Based Practice
Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy focuses on the creation of the therapist as healing presence rather than technique administrator-in other words, how to be rather than what to do.... (more)
Mother Infant Attachment and Psychoanalysis: The Eyes of Shame
Brings together theoretical interpretations of shame with clinical studies and integrates major concepts from psychoanalysis, Jungian analysis, developmental psychology and anthropology. The result... (more)
The Organization of Attachment Relationships: Maturation, Culture, and Context
Focusing on quality of attachment as a central variable in developmental research, this text aims to provide theory and methods to understand human variation in interpersonal and cultural... (more)
Coping and Complaining: Attachment and the Language of Dis-ease
Good clinical practice is impossible without an understanding of the ways in which patients present their complaints. Patients have their own styles of coping and of expressing their concerns, and... (more)