Attachment Theory and Psychohistory: Part II: Psychohistorical Aspects of Attachment

Both attachment theory and the psychogenic theory of history have origins in psychoanalysis. John Bowlby was a member of the "British Psychoanalytic Society," where in the 1950s he presented his most important findings in lectures for the first time. Among the analysts, however, this caused great dismay ("Bowlby? Give me Barrabas!"1), since Bowlby attacked a core area of psychoanalysis at that time, drive theory, and replaced it with ethological, cybernetic and cognitive-psychological concepts. (Today the relationship between attachment theory and psychoanalysis is again more relaxed.2) However, Lloyd deMause kept stronger bonds to some classical psychoanalytical concepts than Bowlby (e.g. transmission, regression, internalized feelings of guilt, "restaging" of earlier traumata), without first embedding them into a new theoretical environment as Bowlby had attempted to do. Only later were results of brain and trauma research incorporated into the psychogenic theory, which placed some patterns of reaction, previously based only on psychoanalytical assumptions on a new foundation.3 In one aspect, however, Bowlby and deMause removed themselves at an equally early stage from Freudian conceptions: In the weighting of the meaning of real experiences of the child over against assumed drives and fantasies.4 Bowlby: "I am interested in the internal world just like anybody else, but I view it as a rather precise reflection of that which a person has experienced in external reality."5 This sentence could just as well have stemmed from deMause. As a result of this in both theories early socialization is assigned a lifelong relevance and internal "parent-representations" ("internal working models" in attachment theory, "Terrifying Mommy" as separated personality segment for deMause6) play an important role in later life. Both theories also recognize the transgenerational transmission of internalized interaction patterns. The meaning of child-rearing practices in a culture, as deMause stresses, is also seen by representatives of attachment theory:.........

Understanding adoption breakdown: using attachment theory to examine how the dynamics of the adoption triangle can be linked to adoption disruption - Parade@Portsmouth

 Adoption disruption is estimated to occur in approximately twenty percent of adoptions. The aim of this work is to produce a literature review that uses attachment theory to examine how the dynamics of the adoption triangle (i.e. the adopted child, the birth parents and the adoptive parents) can be linked to adoption disruption.
Methods: The terms “adoption AND breakdown” and “adoption AND disruption” were used to search a number of research databases and yielded over a hundred publications. These were filtered using relevant inclusion and exclusion criteria to produce a core set of twenty one papers (English Language publications between 2000 and 2013). The articles were critically analysed by establishing their aims, key findings, strengths and weaknesses. The data was tabulated and subjected to thematic analysis.

Understanding adoption breakdown: using attachment theory to examine how the dynamics of the adoption triangle can be linked to adoption disruption - Parade@Portsmouth

Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books

This chapter by Susie Orbach argues that understanding the gendered aspects of attachment is of value.
Many current mental health issues, from violence against self, aggression towards others,
body dysmorphias, eating problems and sexuality concerns to insecurity in relationships ...

Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books

Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books

Bowlby (1977) contended that internal working models of attachment help explain 'the many
forms of emotional distress and personality disturbances, including anxiety, anger,
depression, and emotional detachment, to which unwilling separations and loss give rise'( ...

Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books

Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books

Evidence suggests that what happens in consulting rooms is at best tenuously related to the
avowed theoretical perspective of the practitioner. A good example of this is to be found in
the well-known study by Castonguay, Goldfried, Wiser, Raue and Hayes (1996) of ...

Attachment Theory in Adult Mental Health: A Guide to Clinical Practice - Google Books

Making Attachment relevant to your practice.

Introduction
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Background
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Overview of attachment theory
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Attachment styles - what are they and what do they mean for nursing practice?
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How can we use attachment theory to understand the complexities in close relationships?
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How does adult attachment styles influence how nurses relate to others and manage stress in a therapeutic setting?
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What is it about attachment theory that is important to nursing practice?

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In-depth clinical case studies: Attachment theory and group psychotherapy.

CL Marmarosh, RD Markin, EB Spiegel - 2013

Abstract 1. The two clinical cases featured in this chapter highlight the importance of group
member attachment and how members' attachment styles influence group preparation,
process, and dropout. The first example focuses on the preparation and initial group ...

[PDF] School Counselors and Adolescents in Foster Care: Fulfilling Needs Using Attachment Theory

LJ Stratton

Abstract Adolescents in foster care face a number of challenges in their lives beginning with
neglectful home settings, transitions between homes, and changes in attachment figures.
These factors adversely affect healthy attachment and thus how adolescents in foster care ...



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Attachment Theory as a Framework for a Positive Psychology of Love

M MIKULINCER, PR SHAVER - Positive Psychology of Love, 2013

In his exposition of attachment theory, John Bowlby (1973, 1980, 1982, 1988) proposed that
interactions with loving, caring, and supportive relationship partners and the resulting sense
ofattachment security (confidence that one is socially valued and that others will be ...