Overview

Written with the practicing psychotherapist in mind, this invaluable book presents cutting-edge knowledge on adult attachment and explores the implications for day-to-day clinical practice. Leading experts illustrate how theory and research in this dynamic area can inform assessment, case formulation, and clinical decision making. The book puts such concepts as the secure base, mentalization, and attachment styles in a new light by focusing on their utility for understanding the therapeutic relationship and processes of change. It offers recommendations for incorporating attachment ideas and tools into specific treatment approaches, with separate chapters on psychoanalytic, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioral, and emotionally focused therapies.

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Author:   Joseph H. Obegi (private practice, United States) ,  Ety Berant (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) ,  Phillip R. Shaver ,  Mario Mikulincer
Publisher:   Guilford Publications
Imprint:   Guilford Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9781606239285

ISBN 10:   1606239287
Pages:   529
Publication Date:   13 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Joseph H. Obegi and Ety BerantI. Theoretical Foundations 2. An Overview of Adult Attachment Theory, Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer 3. The Therapist as Secure Base, Barry A. Farber and Jesse A. Metzger 4. Attachment, Mentalization, and Reflective Functioning, Elliot L. Jurist and Kevin B. Meehan 5. Clinical Correlates of Adult Attachment Organization, Frederick G. LopezII. Assessing Attachment 6. Using Interviews to Assess Adult Attachment, KennethN. Levy and Kristen M. Kelly 7. Self-Report Measures of Adult Attachment in Clinical Practice, R. Chris Fraley and Robert L. Phillips 8. Attachment Styles, the Rorschach, and the Thematic Apperception Test: Using Traditional Projective Measures to Assess Aspects of Attachment, Ety BerantIII. Clinical Utility 9. Internal Working Models and Change, Rebecca J. Cobb and Joanne Davila 10. An Attachment Approach to Adult Psychotherapy, Brent Mallinckrodt, Katherine Daly, and Chia-Chih D.C. Wang 11.Transference and Attachment, Rami Tolmacz 12. Attachment-Related Defensive Processes, Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver, Jude Cassidy, and Ety Berant 13. An Attachment Perspective on Crying in Therapy, Judith Kay NelsonIV. Integration with Clinical Approaches 14. Adult Psychotherapy from the Perspectives of Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis, Morris Eagle and David L. Wolitzky 15. An Interpersonal Approach to Attachment and Change, Paul Florsheim and Laura McArthur 16. Attachment Theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy: Perfect Partners, Susan M. Johnson 17. Attachment Theory and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Carolina McBride and LeslieAtkinsonV. Future Directions 18. Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy Research with Adults: Current Status and Future Directions, Ety Berant and Joseph H. Obegi 19. From Attachment Research to Clinical Practice: Getting It Together, Jeremy Holmes

Reviews

This comprehensive volume stands as the state-of-the-art guide to the clinical applications of attachment theory. Psychologists and other mental health professionals practicing assessment, evaluation, and the full range of contemporary approaches to psychotherapy will repeatedly turn to this well-organized work. Obegi and Berant have brought together the leading experts in each area of practice and scholarship. At a time when psychotherapists are concerned about establishing meaningful links with empirical research, this impressive book is especially necessary. - Lewis Aron, Director, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York University, USA One does not often apply the term 'page turner' to a professional volume, but I literally couldn't put this book down. Every chapter includes explicit, practical, and thoughtful strategies for formulating and intervening from an attachment framework. I've already been thinking about how to incorporate these ideas into my teaching and clinical work! - Hanna Levenson, in private practice, San Francisco, and Professor, Wright Institute, Berkeley, California, USA

""This comprehensive volume stands as the state-of-the-art guide to the clinical applications of attachment theory. Psychologists and other mental health professionals practicing assessment, evaluation, and the full range of contemporary approaches to psychotherapy will repeatedly turn to this well-organized work. Obegi and Berant have brought together the leading experts in each area of practice and scholarship. At a time when psychotherapists are concerned about establishing meaningful links with empirical research, this impressive book is especially necessary."" - Lewis Aron, Director, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York University, USA ""One does not often apply the term 'page turner' to a professional volume, but I literally couldn't put this book down. Every chapter includes explicit, practical, and thoughtful strategies for formulating and intervening from an attachment framework. I've already been thinking about how to incorporate these ideas into my teaching and clinical work!"" - Hanna Levenson, in private practice, San Francisco, and Professor, Wright Institute, Berkeley, California, USA

Author Information

Edited by Joseph H. Obegi, PsyD, private practice, Davis, California, USA, and Ety Berant, PhD, Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

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