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This volume showcases the latest theoretical and empirical work from some of the top scholars in attachment. Extending classic themes and describing important new applications, the book examines several ways in which attachment processes help explain how people think, feel, and behave in different situations and at different stages in the life ......
Written with the practicing psychotherapist in mind, this book presents the knowledge on adult attachment and explores the implications for day-to-day clinical practice. It features leading experts who illustrate how theory and research in this dynamic area can inform assessment, case formulation, and clinical decision making.
Presents knowledge on adult attachment and explores the implications for day-to-day clinical practice. This book offers recommendations for incorporating attachment ideas and tools into specific treatment approaches, with separate chapters on psychoanalytic, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioral, and emotion-focused therapies.
Fostering Personal Growth through Healthy Relationships
In this compelling book, prominent investigators Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver review the state of the science of attachment-based interventions in psychotherapy and beyond. They critically evaluate a range of programs that aim to strengthen parent-child, couple, and therapist-client relationships. The theoretical and empirical ......
Security Dynamics in Individuals, Dyads, Groups, and Societies
From pioneering attachment researchers, this book takes an expansive look at the nature and functions of security dynamics in personal and social relationships.
Attachment research has tremendous potential for helping clinicians understand what happens when parent-child bonds are disrupted, and what can be done to help. Yet there remains a large gap between theory and practice in this area. This book reviews what is known about attachment and translates it into practical guidelines for therapeutic work. ......
Attachment research has tremendous potential for helping clinicians understand what happens when parent-child bonds are disrupted, and what can be done to help. This book reviews knowledge on attachment and translates it into practical guidelines for therapeutic work.
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 healing power of emotional connection. The primary developer of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) for couples, Johnson now extends her attachment-based ......
In this book, Lee Kirkpatrick addresses essential questions and more, establishing a framework for approaching the psychology of religion from an evolutionary perspective.