Holmes, Jeremy

Exploring in Security

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ISBN 13:
9780415554152
author:
Holmes, Jeremy
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Routledge
language:
English
Publication Year:
2009
Pages:
216
Dimensions:
156 mm X 234 mm
Genre:
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Condition:
New
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£43.98

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Exploring in Security: Towards an Attachment-informed Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Jeremy Holmes

This book builds a key clinical bridge between attachment theory and psychoanalysis, combining empirical evidence, psychoanalytic theory, and consulting room experience. It addresses the gap between theory and practice in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, demonstrating how attachment theory can improve practitioners' understanding of their work with clients. The book explores three essential components of effective therapy: the therapeutic relationship, meaning making, and change promotion, from both attachment and psychoanalytic perspectives. It also applies attachment theory to various clinical situations, including working with borderline clients, suicide, deliberate self-harm, sex and sexuality, dreams, and ending therapy. Theoretical discussion is supported by vivid examples of clinical material, personal experience, and references from literature and film. This book offers an accessible yet authoritative text for psychotherapy practitioners at all levels, including psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, mental health nurses, and counsellors.
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