Therapeutic attachment relationships : interaction structures and the processes of therapeutic change / Geoff Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Geoff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Attachment behavior.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Attachment theory and research have begun to specify the variety of therapist-patient interactions and the relation between the quality of these interactions and patient outcomes. The goal of this book is to contribute to our understanding of these interaction structures and their influence on therapeutic changes in the patient. Geoff Goodman invites the reader to consider the attachment relationship as an often-overlooked specific factor that nevertheless plays a key role in all therapeutic processes. Therapeutic Attachment Relationships explores the attachment relationship as an effective in

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01. Introduction; Chapter 02. Freud's Influence on the Therapeutic Encounter; Chapter 03. An Attachment-Based Pathways Model Depicting the Psychology of Therapeutic Relationships; Chapter 04. The Therapist's Secure Base Provision and the Patient's Underlying Attachment Needs; Chapter 05. Assessing the Patient's Attachment to the Therapist: Three Empirical Approaches; Chapter 06. Interaction Structures Formed by Therapist and Patient Secondary Attachment Strategies; Afterword; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35009-5

1-282-48014-6

9786612480140

0-7657-0747-0

OCLC:

607618763