The search for the secure base : attachment theory and psychotherapy /
Publication details: Hove [England] ; Philadelphia : Brunner-Routledge, 2001.Description: xiv, 183 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781583911525
- 1583911529
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library Arts Therapy | Arts Therapy | RC 455 ATT HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0008812 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.
"In recent decades, attachment theory has gained widespread interest and acceptance. However, the relevance of attachment theory to clinical practice has never been clear. With The Search for the Secure Base, attachment becomes for the first time a therapeutic modality in its own right. Based on the scientific foundations of attachment theory and research, Jeremy Holmes identifies the areas within which attachment-informed therapy operates, including secure base, exploration and pleasure, anger and protest, and loss. Therapeutic techniques include providing a secure base, methods of listening and responding, facilitation of emergent meaning, and reflexive practice. Jeremy Holmes uses a wide range of clinical and literary examples to illustrate these techniques, and discusses topics such as basic fault, the intergenerational transmission of attachment insecurity and working with traumatised and abused clients. Viewing attachment-based therapy as a variant of object relations, the book argues strongly for a rapprochement between psychoanalysis and attachment theory." -- Jacket.