Trauma and loss : key texts from the John Bowlby archive / edited by Robbie Duschinsky and Kate White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowlby, John, author.

Contributor:

Duschinsky, Robbie, 1986- editor.

White, Kate, 1949- editor.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Loss (Psychology).

Psychic trauma.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

xii, 230 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"During his lifetime John Bowlby, the founder of attachment theory, was unable to publish as he wished due to strong opposition to his ideas. Now, with the support of the Bowlby family, several complete and near-complete works from the John Bowlby Archive at the Wellcome Collection are published for the first time. The collection spans Bowlby's thinking from his early ideas to later reflections, and is split into four parts. Part 1 includes essays on the topic of loss, mourning and depression, outlining his thoughts on the role of defence mechanisms. Part 2 covers Bowlby's ideas around anxiety, guilt and identification, including reflections on his observations of and work with evacuated children. Part 3 features three seminars on the subject of conflict, in which Bowlby relates clinical concepts to both political philosophy and psychoanalysis in innovative ways. Part 4 consists of Bowlby's later reflections on trauma and loss, and on his own work as a therapist. This remarkable collection not only clarifies Bowlby's relationship with psychoanalysis but features his elaboration of key concepts in attachment theory and important moments of self-criticism. It will be essential reading for clinicians, researchers, and others interested in human development, relationships and adversity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Mature theoretical writings p. 15

1 Defences that follow loss: Causation and function p. 17

Appendix: Selective exclusion and levels of motivation p. 64

2 Loss, detachment and defence p. 66

Appendix: Letter from Mary Ainsworth p. 92

3 The place of defensive exclusion in depressive disorders p. 97

4 Darwin: Psychiatry and developmental psychology p. 104

Part 2 Early writings on guilt, anxiety, and identification p. 115

5 Psychological problems of evacuation p. 117

6 Freud and the super-ego p. 134

7 Guilt and family contracts p. 141

Part 3 Seminars at Stanford and the Tavistock p. 165

8 A psycho-analytic approach to conflict and its regulation: A seminar delivered to members of the Stanford Conflict Seminar, January, 1958 p. 167

9 A seminar delivered to members of the Stanford Conflict Seminar, February, 1958 p. 173

10 Psychological processes evoked by a major psycho-social transition p. 178

Appendix: Transitions p. 183 / Colin Murray Parkes

Part 4 Retrospective reflections p. 185

11 Interview with Alice Smuts p. 187

12 The role of the psychotherapist's personal resources in the treatment situation p. 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780367349981

0367349981

9780367349998

036734999X

OCLC:

1102474389