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Attachment theory : working towards learned security
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Title
Attachment theory : working towards learned security / Rhona M. Fear.
ISBN
0429472056 (electronic bk.)
9780429472053 (electronic bk.)
1782204296
9781782204299
Publication
London : Karnac Books Ltd, 2017.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxv, 254 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
This book covers the groundbreaking concepts in attachment theory, as promulgated by Bowlby himself and during the years post Bowlby. It sets out to develop the seminal concept of 'learned security': the provision of a reparative experience of a secure base by the therapist so that the client can imbibe what he missed out on during his formative years. Rhona M. Fear points out that the idea of learned security has developed from the concept of earned security but is distinctly different. In Part I, Fear outlines the origins and progress of attachment theory and the concepts of earned and learned security. In Part II, she uses a process of dialectical thinking to put forward an integration of Kohut's self psychology, Bowlby's attachment theory, and Stolorow, Atwood and Brandchaft's intersubjective perspective. The unifying concept that binds these three theories together is that of empathy, but she puts forward a particular intersubjective, collaborative view of empathic attunement.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
PART I: ATTACHMENT THEORY AS THE UNDERLYING BASIS OF THE THEORY OF LEARNED SECURITY
CHAPTER ONE Origins of attachment theory
CHAPTER TWO Attachment theory Bowlby
CHAPTER THREE Mentalizing: a development in attachment theory post Bowlby
CHAPTER FOUR The concepts of earned security and learned security
PART II: PROBLEMS THAT LEAD TO INSECURE ATTACHMENT
CHAPTER FIVE
Maternal deprivation
CHAPTER SIX
The emotionally unavailable mother
CHAPTER SEVEN
Toxic parenting
CHAPTER EIGHT
The physical effects of emotional nurturance on the baby's brain
PART III: THEORETICAL UNDERPINNININGS OF LEARNED SECURITY
CHAPTER NINE
Heinz Kohut: the psychology of the self
CHAPTER TEN
The intersubjective perspective
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The theory of learned security
CHAPTER TWELVE
The clinical application of the theory of learned security
PART IV: CASE STUDIES
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Nick (Part 1): moving towards a grounded belief in his own power
Nick (Part 2): Nick's narrative of the therapeutic process
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Emma; a flower blossoms and shares her beauty with humanity
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Jane: challenging her world view
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Helen: on becoming a person
PART V: CONCLUDING REMARKS
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Conclusion.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Object Attachment
Psychotherapy
Genre/Form
Case Reports
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