You really should read this book if you're interested in contemporary attachment theory.

An outstanding book | Attachment in Psychotherapy | David J. Wallin

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	• Attachment in Psychotherapy David J. Wallin The Guilford Press, 2007 - 366 pages average customer review:based on 17 reviews view larger image
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Skillful integration

David Wallin presents a skillful integration of the road maps of attachment theory, intersubjectivity, neuroscience and mindfulness to help readers develop a Wise Understanding of the journey from a wounded "me" to a healthy "I" to experiencing an awareness beyond the personal self that we could call the realm of the Wise Self.

You really should read this book if you're interested in contemporary attachment theory.

I'm a doctoral student in clinical psych and I loved this book. While it somewhat deepened my depth of knowledge concerning attachment in psychotherapy, moreso it does an excellent job of showing how it directly relates to what you actually do in a session. It's coverage of and relavence to the current analytic climate (e.g. relational psychoanalysis/intersubjectivity theory) is excellent and supplemented by a thorough discussion of the current empirical evidence coming to our field via related fields (e.g. neuropsych research, cognitive science, etc.). I would recommend this book to any student as part of their graduate training in clinical psych or as an accompanying text to a graduate level psychodynamic or developmental course.

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An outstanding book

This is an outstanding book. I read it through twice - something I almost never do. Wallin clearly expounds theory, summarising attachment theory and related fields, and moving on to clinical applications. It is very readable, and I warmly recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their practice of attachment-informed psychotherapy, or learn about attachment theory and related developing fields such as mentalisation. Wallin's discussion of mindfulness is especially interesting and thought provoking.

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Serious, thoughtful, and accessible

David Wallin's book is a scholarly integration of the newest research in neurobiology, attachment theory, and mindfulness practice. For therapists and patients, it provides an accessible approach using the best of current knowledge about what underlies the creation of inner well-being. Dr. Wallin describes in an authentic, and courageous, way how a therapist can recognize his or her impact in the therapeutic relationship and use that understanding to further the treatment process. What is distinctive here is the absolute focus on what will be beneficial to the patient. Using this focus as the guideline in the therapeutic relationship is what is healing: For the patient to be able to come to trust that the therapist will always act in the patient's best interest to the best of the therapist's ability.

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What makes us Human

As a clinician I bought Dr. Wallin's book to deepen my understanding of attachment and its central role in what shapes us as human beings. I hoped that it would increase my effectiveness as a therapist. I was not disappointed. This book integrates attachment theory, the latest research on the workings of the brain with respect to attachment and self regulation, and perhaps most significantly of all includes the centrality of mindfulness not only as necessary for internal health and freedom, but in the therapeutic relationship as well. I was moved both professionally and personally by Dr. Wallin's ability to do all this and show us his humanity, his own struggle with being present in his work with his clients.
His book is a rich resource - Im on my second reading.. and recommend it both to professionals and to those readers interested in understanding attachment, the brain and mindfulness.

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This eloquent book translates attachment theory and research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, the author integrates attachment theory with neuroscience, trauma studies, relational psychotherapy, and the psychology of mindfulness. Vivid case material illustrates how therapists can tailor interventions to fit the attachment needs of their patients, thus helping them to generate the internalized secure base for which their early relationships provided no foundation. Demonstrating the clinical uses of a focus on nonverbal interaction, the book describes powerful techniques for working with the emotional responses and bodily experiences of patient and therapist alike.

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