This eloquent book translates attachment theory and research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, the author integrates attachment theory with neuroscience, trauma studies, relational psychotherapy, and the psychology of mindfulness. Vivid case material illustrates how therapists can tailor interventions to fit the attachment needs of their patients, thus helping them to generate the internalized secure base for which their early relationships provided no foundation. Demonstrating the clinical uses of a focus on nonverbal interaction, the book describes powerful techniques for working with the emotional responses and bodily experiences of patient and therapist alike.
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8917 EAN: 9781593854560 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1593854560 Label: The Guilford Press Manufacturer: The Guilford Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 366 Publication Date: March 06, 2007 Publisher: The Guilford Press Studio: The Guilford Press
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a great contribution
I'd like to add my support for Dr. David Wallin's wonderful text, 'Attachment in psychotherapy'. The book impressed me in it's wide coverage of attachment theory, links to mentalisation (here in New Zealand we spell it with an 's' not a 'z'), and to neuroscience, but most significantly in its application to psychotherapy practice. A number of commentators note the need to translate the findings of attachment theory to clinical practice. In this book Dr. Wallin embraces the challenge. The clinical ... Read More