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Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory

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  • Price: $34.95 $31.46
  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Published: May 1988
  • ISBN: 978-0-415-00640-8
  • Publisher: Routledge

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In this collection of lectures Dr Bowlby describes recent findings, and gives an outline of the main features of attachment theory, now widely recognised as a most productive conceptual framework within which to organise the evidence. In the final lecture he shows how this knowledge, when applied to analytically oriented psychotherapy, helps both to clarify the aims of therapy and to guide the therapist in his or her own work.

This collection will be welcomed by students as a lucid introduction to the field, by professionals who are still unfamiliar with recent developments, as well as by those eager to extend their existing knowledge.

Table of Contents

Preface. Caring for Children. The Origins of Attachment Theory. Psychoanalysis as Art and Science. Psychoanalysis as a Natural Science. Violence in the Family. On Knowing What You Are Not Supposed to Know and Feeling What You Are Not Supposed to Feel. The Role of Attachment in Personality Development. Attachment, Communication, and the Therapeutic Process. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

Author/Editor Biography

The late John Bowlby was Child and Family Psychiatrist at The Tavistock Clinic and an internationally renowned writer in the area of child psychiatry.