Table of Contents

Foreword. Introduction. Part I: Conceptualising the Couple on Attachment Terms.Fisher, Crandall, Patterns of Relating in the Couple. Crowell, Treboux, Attachment Security in Adult Partnerships. Bartholomew et al, Insecure Attachment and Abusive Intimate Relationships. Cowan, Cowan, A Couple Perspective on the Transmission of Attachment Patterns. Part II: Application to Couple Psychotherapy.Clulow, Attachment Theory and the Therapeutic Frame. Clulow et al, Working with Intangible Loss. Vincent, Clinical Reflections on Unresolved and Unclassifiable States of Mind. Clulow, Attachment, Narcissism and the Violent Couple. Cudmore, Judd, Traumatic Loss and the Couple. Part III: A Secure Base for Practice.Olney, Training Partnerships: Safe Haven or Secure Base? Obholzer, Security and Creativity at Work. Clulow, The Sense of Connection. Appendices.

About the Author

Christopher Clulow is Director of the Tavistock Marital Studies Institute, London, where he practises as a couple psychotherapist, teacher and researcher. He has published extensively on working with couples undergoing change, and about marriage and family life.

Reviews

"Any reader who shares an interest in early learning, psychoanalysis, couples work, attachment styles, object relations theory, cultural and familial schemata, and multigenerational transmission o fpatterns of relating should find this volume of considerable interest. ITi s beautifully printed and well edited. The nearly 300 references will provide ample food for thought, as will the interesting ideas that populate the book."
-Psychological Reports, , 2001