David Shemmings, Yvonne Shemmings

Understanding Disorganized Attachment: Theory and Practice for Working with Children and Adults

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the most extreme form of insecure attachment and can develop in a child when the person who is normally meant to protect them is a source of danger. This accessible guide for professionals is based on scholarly research but written in a clear style for an interdisciplinary readership. Case examples are included.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050449
• ISBN-10: 1849050449
• Artikelnr.: 32549980

Autorenporträt

David Shemmings is Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent. He undertook his PhD in attachment theory, and has spent most of his working life in the field of child protection. Yvonne Shemmings is a Continuing Professional Development Specialist and has trained professionals in over 30 child protection organizations. She is a qualified social worker and a senior manager, and her work includes the use of attachment theory in practice. Both David and Yvonne have published widely in the fields of child and adult attachment and child protection.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Dedication. Introduction. Part 1. Theoretical and
Research Background. 1. What is Disorganized Attachment? 2. Key Pathways to
Disorganized Attachment and its Consequences. 3. Identification and
Assessment of Disorganized Attachment. 4. Neurological, Biochemical and
Genetic Explanations. Part 2. Intervening Factors Leading to Disorganized
Attachment. 5. Unresolved Loss and Trauma. 6. Mentalization and Reflective
Function. 7. Specific Caregiver Behaviour (with David Wilkins). Part 3.
Theory and Research into Practice. 8. What Produces Successful
Interventions? (with David Phillips). 9. The Assessment of Disorganized
Attachment and Maltreatment (ADAM) Project (with Tania Young). Concluding
Comments. References. Subject Index. Author Index.