Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis

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Karnac Books, Dec 31, 2001 - Psychology - 272 pages
This book undertakes to demontrate that the relationship between attachment theory and psychoanalysis is more complex than adherants of either community generally recognize. Beginning with a brief overview of attachment theory and some key findings of attachment research, and continuing through psychoanalytic approaches from Freud to Daniel Stern, this book offers a unique contribution to our understanding of our the subject.

About the author (2001)

Peter Fonagy is Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director of the Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology at University College London. He is Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre, London. He is a clinical psychologist and a training and supervising analyst in the British Psychoanalytical Society in child and adult analysis. He has published over 200 chapters and articles and has authored or edited several books.

Bibliographic information

TitleAttachment Theory and Psychoanalysis
AuthorPeter Fonagy
Editionreprint
PublisherKarnac Books, 2001
ISBN1780497288, 9781780497280
Length272 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Psychology / Developmental / Child
Psychology / General
Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis
  
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