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A Secure Base (1988)

by John Bowlby

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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, this classic collection of Bowlby's lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships.… (more)
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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 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. ( )
  Michael.Rimmer | Dec 4, 2016 |
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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, this classic collection of Bowlby's lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships.

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Sebbene i clinici sappiano da lungo tempo che i problemi della vita adulta hanno radice nell'infanzia, fino a poco tempo fa non esisteva un accordo su quali eventi dell'infanzia fossero cruciali in tal senso. Questa situazione sta cambiando radicalmente. Una fonte per migliorare la nostra comprensione del problema viene dalla gran mole di studi sullo sviluppo socioemotivo dei bambini piccoli e dei più grandi che crescono nell'ambiente della famiglia, studi che furono stimolati dalle ricerche pionieristiche di John Bowlby sull'attaccamento, la separazione e la perdita. In questo testo Bowlby presenta ad un pubblico di clinici lo stato attuale della ricerca. Oltre a descrivere molte recenti scoperte sullo sviluppo, fornisce un profilo aggiornato della teoria dell'attaccamento, che oggi è ampiamente riconosciuta come una teoria estremamente efficace per organizzare i dati ottenuti dall'osservazione, e mostra come le nuove conoscenze, applicate alla psicoterapia di orientamento psicoanalitico, aiutino a chiarire gli obiettivi della terapia e a guidare il terapeuta nel suo lavoro.
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