ABSTRACT
At a historic conference in Toronto in October 1993, developmental researchers and clinicians came together for the first time to explore the implications of current knowledge of attachment. This volume is the outcome of their labors. It offers innovative approaches to the understanding of such diverse clinical topics as child abuse, borderline personality disorder, dissociation, adolescent suicide, treatment responsiveness, false memory, narrative competence, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|134 pages
Origins and Context of Attachment Theory
chapter 2|25 pages
“Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Wall”
John Bowlby, Attachment Theory, and Psychoanalysis
part 2|80 pages
Contemporary Research
chapter 8|28 pages
Hidden Regulators
Implications for a New Understanding of Attachment, Separation, and Loss
part 3|133 pages
Clinical Significance and Applications of Attachments
chapter 9|46 pages
Attachment, the Reflective Self, and Borderline States
The Predictive Specificity of the Adult Attachment Interview and Pathological Emotional Development
part 4|110 pages
New Directions in Attachment Theory
chapter 14|68 pages
Recent Studies in Attachment
Overview, with Selected Implications for Clinical Work
