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Places of Safety: How Attachment Shapes Our Parenting

Author(s) : Alix Hearn

Reviews and Endorsements

‘I would recommend this book to therapists and others interested in a broader interpretation of attachment, one which takes in a wider systems and ecological perspective. This book is written with an open mind and a big heart and will be helpful for a wide variety of readers.’
Graham Music, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Tavistock Centre

'In Places of Safety, Alix Hearn offers a clear and expansive exploration of attachment theory. Here we read how neuroscience, our natural environments, systemic disadvantage, racism, global inequality and climate emergency, intersect with, and impact our attachment experiences. This book is essential reading for psychotherapists and other mental health professionals who seek to root their practice in the wider context of their work. It will also enrich the thinking of anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of themselves in relation to the significant people and places in their lives.’
Tamsin Cottis, child psychotherapist and author of How it Feels to be You

‘At last, what a relief to see a text on attachment theory which includes the ecological. Of course we form attachments with animals, plants, places, and the land. Sometimes these are life-saving, especially when human relationships have failed. Our bonds with the more-than-human world are a vital source of love, teaching us about life, death, and all the complexities in-between.’
Mary-Jayne Rust, ecopsychotherapist and author of Towards an Ecopsychotherapy