John Bowlby and attachment theory / Jeremy Holmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Jeremy, 1943-

Series:

Makers of modern psychotherapy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attachment behavior in children.

Bowlby, John.

Psychotherapy.

Attachment behavior.

Local Subjects:

Bowlby, John.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

" John Bowlby is one of the outstanding psychological theorists of the twentieth century. This new edition of John Bowlby and Attachment Theory is both a biographical account of Bowlby and his ideas and an up-to-date introduction to contemporary attachment theory and research, now a dominant force in psychology, counselling, psychotherapy and child development. Jeremy Holmes traces the evolution of Bowlby's work from a focus on delinquency, material deprivation and his dissatisfaction with psychoanalysis's imperviousness to empirical science to the emergence of attachment theory as a psychological model in its own right. This new edition traces the explosion of interest, research and new theories generated by Bowlby's followers, including Mary Main's discovery of Disorganised Attachment and development of the Adult Attachment Interview, Mikulincer and Shaver's explorations of attachment in adults and the key contributions of Fonagy, Bateman and Target. The book also examines advances in the biology and neuroscience of attachment.Thoroughly accessible yet academically rigorous, and written by a leading figure in the field, John Bowlby and Attachment Theory is still the perfect introduction to attachment for students of psychology, psychiatry, counselling, social work and nursing"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Orgins 1

1 Biographical 3

2 Maternal deprivation 25

Part 2 Attachment Theory 45

3 Attachment, anxiety, internal working models 47

4 Loss, anger and grief 70

5 Attachment Theory and personality development: The research evidence 85

Part 3 Implications 111

6 Bowlby and the inner world: Attachment Theory and psychoanalysis 113

7 Attachment Theory and the practice of psychotherapy 134

8 Attachment Theory and mental health 162

9 Attachment Theory and society 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-233) and index.

ISBN:

9780415629027

0415629020

9780415629034

0415629039

OCLC:

852745756