Attachment theory, developed by Bowlby to explain human bonding, has profound
implications for conducting and adapting psychotherapy. We summarize the prevailing …

In 1985, the publication of a monograph entitled “Growing Points of Attachment Theory and
Re-search”(Bretherton & Waters, 1985) marked a major turning point for the direction of the …

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide
presents a model of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and its treatment that is based on …

This highly influential work--now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major
advances in the field--gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what …

The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent
picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the …

The chapter is organized into three major sections. The first section provides a description of
the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) protocol and individual differences among the …

This presentation focuses on the disorganized/disoriented (Group D) categories of infant,
child, and adult attachment. The infant D category is assigned on the basis of interruptions …

In a middle‐class sample of mothers of 2‐year‐olds, adult attachment classifications
measured in the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) were related to maternal self‐reported …

Attachment theory provides an empirically grounded framework for understanding important
aspects of interpersonal functioning in children as well as adults. Recently attachment theory …

Participants were 54 clients with serious psychiatric disorders and 21 clinical case
managers. Clients' serious psychiatric disorders included Axis I diagnoses, such as …