Ian Rory Owen

On Attachment

The View from Developmental Psychology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since therapy began, its way of thinking has been to interpret mental processes in relation to meaningful psychological objects between children and parents, partners, friends, and within individual therapy. This volume summarises the research literature relating to attachment theory in developmental psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781782204527
• ISBN-10: 1782204520
• Artikelnr.: 45644636

Autorenporträt

Ian Rory Owen

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
The Received Wisdom about Attachment
Introduction to Part I
Attachment phenomena and their background
The standard interpretation and its processes
Psychodynamics
motivation
and defence
The Role of Attachment in Reducing Distress
Introduction to Part II
Meta-representation and motivation
The good life is correcting imbalance
Achieving rebalance
Increasing Security as a Condition of Successful Therapy
Introduction to Part III
Psychodynamics of attaching
Attachment processes in assessment
Some complex cases
Conclusion: therapy as secure process