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(More customer reviews)After reading "Assessing Adult Attachment" I have come to the conclusion that if we had perfect parents the world would be a much more pleasant place to live. This book covers many topics including anxiety, fear, aggression, withdrawal, depressive disorders, bipolar disorder and criminal behavior.
Basically this book is an in depth look at a process called the Adult Attachment Interview. How individuals answer questions and interact is highly important.
In the first section of this book the theory and history of the Adult Attachment Interview is discussed. Then in the second part you get all the details of the classification. In the third part there is a discussion on ways to reduce psychological suffering.
This book is good if you want to classify your patients. Like someone might be C6 if bipolar or A6 if suicidal or C8 if overly fearful. A lot of dysfunctional behavior is also discussed. This is probably the most complex psychology book I've ever read. It is a book that is best studied and processed over time. Many facts will need to be memorized in order to analyze an Adult Attachment Interview.
I can recommend this to psychologists although this book does not really focus in on many treatment programs once you have the classification figured out. Perhaps that will be considered in future books.
~The Rebecca Review
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A method for identifying the psychological and interpersonal self-protective attachment strategies of adults.
This book focuses upon new methods of analysis for adult attachment texts. The authors' introduce a highly nuanced model-the Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM)-providing clinicians with a finely-tuned tool for helping patients examine past relationships, in addition to gauging the potential effectiveness of various treatment options. The authors offer a fascinating explanation of the neurobiological underpinnings of DMM, grounded in findings from the cognitive neurosciences about information processing. In this volume, readers have an eminently practical, theoretically-grounded work that is sure to transform many types of therapy.
