Holmes, Jeremy
Exploring in Security
- 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
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
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.