Arietta Slade

How can clinicians help vulnerable young families overcome barriers to secure, reciprocal, and joyful parent–infant relationships? This book provides a flexible framework for promoting reflective parenting "from the ground up." Described are effective ways to support safety and self-regulation in parents with histories of trauma and adversity, giving them a stronger foundation for seeing, hearing, and connecting to their children. The book distills principles of the influential Minding the Baby (MTB) home visiting program, as well as contemporary attachment and mentalization research. Vivid case material illustrates therapeutic strategies that can be used with parents and children in any clinical context. End-of-chapter "Questions for Clinicians" help readers apply the concepts discussed, with special attention to developing their own reflective capacities.

This is a concise, accessible introduction to the basic principles of attachment theory, and their application to therapeutic practice. Bringing together 70 years’ of theory and research, its expert authors provide a much-needed user-friendly guide to attachment-informed psychotherapy. The book covers: The history, research base, and key figures and concepts of attachment theoryThe key concepts of attachment theory, and their implications for practiceNeuroscience implications of attachment and its therapeutic relevanceThe parallels and differences between parent-child attachment and the therapeutic relationshipThe application of attachment in adult individual psychotherapy across a number of settings, also to couples and familiesThe applications of attachment to working with complex disordersThe applications of attachment in child psychotherapy

This is a concise, accessible introduction to the basic principles of attachment theory, and their application to therapeutic practice. Bringing together 70 years’ of theory and research, its expert authors provide a much-needed user-friendly guide to attachment-informed psychotherapy. The book covers: The history, research base, and key figures and concepts of attachment theoryThe key concepts of attachment theory, and their implications for practiceNeuroscience implications of attachment and its therapeutic relevanceThe parallels and differences between parent-child attachment and the therapeutic relationshipThe application of attachment in adult individual psychotherapy across a number of settings, also to couples and familiesThe applications of attachment to working with complex disordersThe applications of attachment in child psychotherapy