Joseph H. Obegi & Ety Berant 
Attachment Theory and Research in Clinical Work with Adults 

Written with the practicing psychotherapist in mind, this invaluable book presents cutting-edge knowledge on adult attachment and explores the implications for day-to-day clinical practice. Leading experts illustrate how theory and research in this dynamic area can inform assessment, case formulation, and clinical decision making. The book puts such concepts as the secure base, mentalization, and attachment styles in a new light by focusing on their utility for understanding the therapeutic relationship and processes of change. It offers recommendations for incorporating attachment ideas and tools into specific treatment approaches, with separate chapters on psychoanalytic, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioral, and emotionally focused therapies.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction,
Joseph H. Obegi and
Ety Berant


I. Theoretical Foundations


2. An Overview of Adult Attachment Theory,
Phillip R. Shaver and
Mario Mikulincer


3. The Therapist as Secure Base,
Barry A. Farber and
Jesse A. Metzger


4. Attachment, Mentalization, and Reflective Functioning,
Elliot L. Jurist and
Kevin B. Meehan


5. Clinical Correlates of Adult Attachment Organization,
Frederick G. Lopez


II. Assessing Attachment


6. Using Interviews to Assess Adult Attachment,
Kenneth
N. Levy and
Kristen M. Kelly


7. Self-Report Measures of Adult Attachment in Clinical Practice,
R. Chris Fraley and
Robert L. Phillips


8. Attachment Styles, the Rorschach, and the Thematic Apperception Test: Using Traditional Projective Measures to Assess Aspects of Attachment,
Ety Berant


III. Clinical Utility


9. Internal Working Models and Change,
Rebecca J. Cobb and
Joanne Davila


10. An Attachment Approach to Adult Psychotherapy,
Brent Mallinckrodt,
Katherine Daly, and
Chia-Chih
D.C.
Wang


11.Transference and Attachment,
Rami Tolmacz


12. Attachment-Related Defensive Processes,
Mario Mikulincer,
Phillip R. Shaver,
Jude Cassidy, and
Ety Berant


13. An Attachment Perspective on Crying in Therapy,
Judith Kay Nelson


IV. Integration with Clinical Approaches


14. Adult Psychotherapy from the Perspectives of Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis,
Morris Eagle and
David L. Wolitzky


15. An Interpersonal Approach to Attachment and Change,
Paul Florsheim and
Laura Mc Arthur


16. Attachment Theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy: Perfect Partners,
Susan M. Johnson


17. Attachment Theory and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy,
Carolina
Mc Bride and
Leslie
Atkinson


V. Future Directions


18. Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy Research with Adults: Current Status and Future Directions,
Ety Berant and
Joseph H. Obegi


19. From Attachment Research to Clinical Practice: Getting It Together,
Jeremy Holmes

Om författaren

Joseph H. Obegi, Psy D, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Davis, California. Previously a lecturer at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Diego, he taught courses in psychotherapy, chemical dependency, and professional ethics. Dr. Obegi’s recent research has focused on attachment to therapists and the validity of adult attachment scales in clinical populations.


 


Ety Berant, Ph D, is on the faculty of the Department of Psychology at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, and has served as the chairperson of the graduate clinical track. She is also a senior clinical psychologist and has practiced and supervised psychotherapy and personality assessment for nearly two decades. Dr. Berant is the chairperson of the Israeli Rorschach Society. Her research interests include attachment styles in adulthood, personality assessment, and therapeutic processes.