A Secure Base
by John Bowlby
On This Page
Description
As Bowlby himself points out in his introduction to this seminal childcare book, to be a successful parent means a lot of very hard work. Giving time and attention to children means sacrificing other interests and activities, but for many people today these are unwelcome truths. Bowlby's work showed that the early interactions between infant and caregiver have a profound impact on an infant's social, emotional, and intellectual growth. Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, show more this classic collection of Bowlby's lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
An easily digestible introduction to Attachment Theory by its principle originator.
Whilst Bowlby's background was in psychoanalysis, he eschewed the Freudian concepts of developmental stages and of the inner 'fantasy' life being more crucial in psychopathology than the effect of real-life events upon a person's 'developmental pathway'. His emphasis on the importance of the present experience over examination of past memories, and of the therapeutic effect of the quality of the client-therapist relationship, also distinguishes his work from that of traditional psychoanalysis. I found many of his precepts compatible with the client-centred therapy of Carl Rogers, which is the theoretical framework for counselling with which I am most show more familiar.
Bowlby's work fills in something of the blank in Rogerian therapy regarding child development. Whilst a counsellor working in the classical client-centred approach may not feel the need for this blank to be filed, it's something I've found fascinating and which I intend to read into further. show less
Whilst Bowlby's background was in psychoanalysis, he eschewed the Freudian concepts of developmental stages and of the inner 'fantasy' life being more crucial in psychopathology than the effect of real-life events upon a person's 'developmental pathway'. His emphasis on the importance of the present experience over examination of past memories, and of the therapeutic effect of the quality of the client-therapist relationship, also distinguishes his work from that of traditional psychoanalysis. I found many of his precepts compatible with the client-centred therapy of Carl Rogers, which is the theoretical framework for counselling with which I am most show more familiar.
Bowlby's work fills in something of the blank in Rogerian therapy regarding child development. Whilst a counsellor working in the classical client-centred approach may not feel the need for this blank to be filed, it's something I've found fascinating and which I intend to read into further. show less
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Books Read in 2016
4,666 works; 199 members
Nervous system
43 works; 1 member
Author Information
37 Works 1,642 Members
John Bowlby (1907-1990) was born in London and educated at the University of Cambridge and University College Hospital in London
Some Editions
Series
Belongs to Publisher Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- A Secure Base
- Original title
- A secure base. Clinical applications of attachment theory
- Original publication date
- 1988
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 155.418 — Philosophy & psychology Psychology Differential and developmental psychology Childhood General Child Psychology Applied Psychology
- LCC
- RJ507 .A77 .B69 — Medicine Pediatrics Pediatrics Diseases of children and adolescents Mental disorders. Child psychiatry
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 247
- Popularity
- 130,696
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.40)
- Languages
- 6 — Danish, English, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 17
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 3
