Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Offering fresh and provocative insights on the practice of couple and family therapy, this unique volume shows how attachment theory can inform, enhance, and guide interventions for a wide range of relationship problems and clinical issues. Chapters from leading attachment researchers and family therapists integrate the literature from both fields to provide a multifaceted perspective on the role of attachment in distressed and satisfying relationships. Illustrated with evocative clinical material, the book presents research-based therapy models for embattled couples, families struggling with parent-child conflict and adolescent problems, and adoptive and foster families. Also discussed are ways to support stronger
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Overview

Offering fresh and provocative insights on the practice of couple and family therapy, this unique volume shows how attachment theory can inform, enhance, and guide interventions for a wide range of relationship problems and clinical issues. Chapters from leading attachment researchers and family therapists integrate the literature from both fields to provide a multifaceted perspective on the role of attachment in distressed and satisfying relationships. Illustrated with evocative clinical material, the book presents research-based therapy models for embattled couples, families struggling with parent-child conflict and adolescent problems, and adoptive and foster families. Also discussed are ways to support stronger mother-infant attachment; attachment-oriented interventions for couples facing specific clinical problems, including depression, PTSD, and chronic pain; applications for same-sex couples; and much more.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781606237489
  • Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
  • Publication date: 6/9/2003
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 677,404
  • File size: 2 MB

Meet the Author

Susan M. Johnson, EdD, is Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute, Ottawa, Canada. Widely published, she is the main proponent of emotionally focused couple and family therapy, which she teaches extensively in North America and internationally. In 2005, she received the Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research Award from the American Family Therapy Academy. The website for Dr. Johnson's work is www.eft.ca.

Valerie E. Whiffen, PhD, Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, has published widely in the area of depression, particularly focusing on women's depression. In recent publications, she has explored an attachment theory-based understanding of depression that co-occurs with marital distress. Dr. Whiffen teaches graduate courses in adult psychopathology and interpersonal theory, and supervises the clinical work of practicum students and interns in the American Psychological Association-accredited clinical psychology program at the University of Ottawa. She is a registered clinical psychologist and maintains a private practice specializing in the treatment of depression and marital distress.

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Contents

I. Relevance of Attachment Theory for Clinical Practice
1. Introduction to Attachment: A Therapist's Guide to Primary Relationships and Their Renewal
Susan M. Johnson
2. Adult Attachment Theory, Psychodynamics, and Couple Relationships: An Overview
Dory A. Schachner, Phillip R. Shaver, and Mario Mikulincer
3. The Essential Nature of Couple Relationships
Cindy Hazan
4. Stability and Change of Attachment Representations from Cradle to Grave
Elaine Scharfe
5. Alternate Pathways to Competence: Culture and Early Attachment Relationships
Vivian J. Carlson and Robin L. Harwood
II. Models of Clinical Intervention
6. Attachment Theory: A Guide for Couple Therapy
Susan M. Johnson
7. Attachment Processes in Couple Therapy: Informing Behavioral Models
Joanne Davila
8. Caring for the Caregiver: An Attachment Approach to Assessment and Treatment of Child Problems
Roger Kobak and Toni Mandelbaum
9. Creating and Repairing Attachments in Biological, Foster, and Adoptive Families
Terry M. Levy and Michael Orlans
10. Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents: Repairing Attachment Failures
Guy S. Diamond and Richard S. Stern
III. Using an Attachment Perspective in Interventions with Particular Populations 11. The First Couple: Using Watch, Wait, and Wonder to Change Troubled InfantMother Relationships
Nancy J. Cohen, Elisabeth Muir, and Mirek Lojkasek
12. The Journey of Adolescence: Transitions in Self within the Context of Attachment Relationships
Marlene M. Moretti and Roy Holland
13. Implications of Adult Attachment for Preventing Adverse Marital Outcomes
Rebecca J. Cobb and Thomas N. Bradbury
14. Attachment in Later Life: Implications for Intervention with Older Adults
Michael Bradley and Gail Palmer
15. Using an Attachment-Based Intervention with Same-Sex Couples
Gordon Josephson
IV. Specific Attachment Interventions for Particular Problems
16. Looking Outward Together: Adult Attachment and Childbearing Depression
Valerie E. Whiffen
17. Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse History on Current Couple Relationships: An Attachment Perspective
Pamela C. Alexander
18. Attachment and the Experience of Chronic Pain: A Couples Perspective
Samuel F. Mikail
V. Conclusion
19. What Attachment Theory Can Offer Marital and Family Therapists
Valerie E. Whiffen
Index

Table of Contents

Pt. I Relevance of Attachment Theory for Clinical Practice
1 Introduction to Attachment: A Therapist's Guide to Primary Relationships and Their Renewal 3
2 Adult Attachment Theory, Psychodynamics, and Couple Relationships: An Overview 18
3 The Essential Nature of Couple Relationships 43
4 Stability and Change of Attachment Representations from Cradle to Grave 64
5 Alternate Pathways to Competence: Culture and Early Attachment Relationships 85
Pt. II Models of Clinical Intervention
6 Attachment Theory: A Guide for Couple Therapy 103
7 Attachment Processes in Couple Therapy: Informing Behavioral Models 124
8 Caring for the Caregiver: An Attachment Approach to Assessment and Treatment of Child Problems 144
9 Creating and Repairing Attachments in Biological, Foster, and Adoptive Families 165
10 Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents: Repairing Attachment Failures 191
Pt. III Using an Attachment Perspective in Interventions with Particular Populations
11 The First Couple: Using Watch, Wait, and Wonder to Change Troubled Infant-Mother Relationships 215
12 The Journey of Adolescence: Transitions in Self within the Context of Attachment Relationships 234
13 Implications of Adult Attachment for Preventing Adverse Marital Outcomes 258
14 Attachment in Later Life: Implications for Intervention with Older Adults 281
15 Using an Attachment-Based Intervention with Same-Sex Couples 300
Pt. IV Specific Attachment Interventions for Particular Problems
16 Looking Outward Together: Adult Attachment and Childbearing Depression 321
17 Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse History on Current Couple Relationships: An Attachment Perspective 342
18 Attachment and the Experience of Chronic Pain: A Couples Perspective 366
Pt. V Conclusion
19 What Attachment Theory Can Offer Marital and Family Therapists 389
Index 399

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