John Bowlby and attachment theory
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John Bowlby and attachment theory
（The makers of modern psychotherapy）
Routledge, 1993
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Includes bibliography (p. [228]-243) and index
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ISBN 9780415077293
Description
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".
Table of Contents
Part 1: Origins Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Biographical Chapter 3. Maternal Deprivation Part 11: Attachment Theory Chapter 4. Attachment, Anxiety, Internal Working Models Chapter 5. Loss, Anger and Grief Chapter 6. Attachment Theory and Personality Development: the Research Evidence Part 111: Implications Chapter 7. Bowlby and the Inner World: Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis Chapter 8. Attachment Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy Chapter 9. Attachment Theory and Psychiatric Disorder Chapter 10. Attachment Theory and Society Chapter 11. Epilogue.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415077309
Description
Attachment Theory is one of the most important theoretical developments in psychoanalysis to have emerged in the past half-century. It combines the rigorous scientific empiricism of ethology with the subjective insights of psychoanalysis, and has had an enormous impact in the fields of child development, social work, psychology, and psychiatry.
This is the first known book to appear which brings together John Bowlby and post-Bowlbian research and shows how the findings of Attachment Theory can inform the practice of psychotherapy. It also provides fascinating insights into the history of the psychoanalytic movement and looks at the ways in which Attachment Theory can help in the understanding of society and its problems.
Table of Contents
Part I: Origins Chapter. Introduction. Biographical. Maternal Deprivation. Part II: Attachment Theory. Attachment, Anxiety, Internal Working Models. Loss, Anger and Grief. Attachment Theory and Personality Development: The Research Evidence. Part III: Implications. Bowlby and the Inner World: Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis. Attachment Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy. Attachment Theory and Psychiatric Disorder. Attachment Theory and Society. Epilogue
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