John Bowlby (1907-1990) has been described as "one of the three or four most important psychiatrists of the 20th century". In this book, Jeremy Holmes provides a focused and coherent account of Bowlby's life and work, based on his writings and those of the "post-Bowlbians", as well as interviews with members of his family and with psychoanalysts who knew him. Bowlby's "attachment theory" is one of the major theoretical developments in psychoanalysis this half-century. Combining the rigorous scientific empiricism of ethology with the subjective insights of psychoanalysis, it has had an enormous impact in the fields of child development, social work, psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry. Jeremy Holmes examines the origins of Bowlby's ideas, and presents the main features of "attachment theory" and their relevance to contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy. He looks at the processes of attachment, and of loss, and reviews the recent experimental evidence linking secure attachment in infancy with the development of "autobiographical competence".
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`This is a book to treasure: thought provoking, stimulating and illustrative of how John Bowlby's ideas are `alive' today and I would recommend this book to any counsellor/therapist interested in attachment theory: it is packed with information, articulat
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A family photograph, taken before the First World War, shows Lady Bowlby surrounded by her six children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
autobiographical competence, defensive exclusion, attachment dynamic, attachment across the life cycle, attachment theory, attachment behaviour, juvenile thieves, separation protest, internal working models, insecure children, anxious attachment, environmental trauma, maternal deprivation, attachment status, secure infants, affective processing, attachment system, environmental failure, attachment patterns, ambivalent attachment, secure base Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Melanie Klein, Psycho-Analytical Society, Sir Anthony, Tavistock Clinic, United States, Child Guidance Clinic, Lady Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Joan Riviere, Jock Sutherland, James Robertson, John Bowlby New!
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A family photograph, taken before the First World War, shows Lady Bowlby surrounded by her six children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
autobiographical competence, defensive exclusion, attachment dynamic, attachment across the life cycle, attachment theory, attachment behaviour, juvenile thieves, separation protest, internal working models, insecure children, anxious attachment, environmental trauma, maternal deprivation, attachment status, secure infants, affective processing, attachment system, environmental failure, attachment patterns, ambivalent attachment, secure base Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Melanie Klein, Psycho-Analytical Society, Sir Anthony, Tavistock Clinic, United States, Child Guidance Clinic, Lady Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Joan Riviere, Jock Sutherland, James Robertson, John Bowlby New!
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- Child Care and the Growth ofLlove (Pelican) by John Bowlby on 6 pages
- The Place of Attachment in Human Behaviour by Colin Murray Parkes on 6 pages
- A Secure Base (Routledge Classics) by John Bowlby on 6 pages
- In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson on 5 pages
- Textbook of Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Practice by Jeremy Holmes on 5 pages
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- A Matter of Security: The Application of Attachment Theory to Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Forensic Focus) by Friedemann Pf¿fflin on page 141, page 165, and page 191
- Attachments: Why You Love, Feel, and Act the Way You Do by Tim Clinton in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Mary Shelley in Her Times by Betty T. Bennett in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Anna Freud: A View of Development, Disturbance and Therapeutic Techniques (Makers of Modern Psychotherapy) by Rose Edgcumbe in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Integrating Theory and Practice in Social Work Education by Florence Watson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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