Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis

by Peter Fonagy

Overview

A Bestseller

Attachment Theory shows scientifically how our earliest relationships with our mothers influence our later relationships in life. This book offers an excellent introduction to the findings of attachment theory and the major schools of psychoanalytic thought.

"The book every student, colleague, and even rival theoretician has been waiting for. With characteristic wit, philosophical sophistication, scholarship, humanity, incisiveness, and creativity, Fonagy succinctly describes the links, differences, and future directions of his twin themes. [His book] is destined to take its place as one of a select list of essential psychology books of the decade."
-Jeremy Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy, University of Exeter

"Extraordinary--an invaluable resource for developmental psychoanalysis."
-Joy D. Osofsky, Professor, Louisiana State University

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590514603
Publisher:	Other Press, LLC
Publication date:	09/07/2010
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., F.B.A., is Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director of the Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology at Univesity College London.

Table of Contents

Preamble — Introduction to Attachment Theory — Key Findings of Attachment Research — Freud's Models and Attachment Theory — Structural Approaches: The North American Structural Approach — Modifications of the Structural Model — The Klein—Bion Model — The Independent School of British Psychoanalysis and Its Relation to Attachment Theory — North American Object Relations Theorists and Attachment Theory — Modern Psychoanalytic Infant Psychiatry: The Work of Daniel Stern — The Interpersonal-Relational Approach: From Sullivan to Mitchell — Psychoanalytic Attachment Theorists — Summary: What Do Psychoanalytic Theories and Attachment Theory Have in Common? — How Can Attachment Theory Benefit from Psychoanalytic Insights? — Conclusion