Attachment and Adult Psychotherapy

By Pat Sable

Book Overview

The author brings together the original basic concepts, recent attachment-based developments, and relevant clinical material to provide a rich and comprehensive application of attachment theory to psychotherapy with adults.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765702843
• ISBN13: 9780765702845
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

attachment as an adult phenomenon

Sable gives an erudite exposition of attachment theory, showing how it has developed over 20 years. She goes into how such problems as separation anxiety and agoraphobia in adults can be better understood in terms of attachment behaviour. One key idea in the book is how attachment theory is no longer confined to the context of children. The text summarises many studies that point to this conclusion. On a lighter note, she describes how the propensity of many adults to have a pet, usually a cat or dog, can also be understood using attachments.