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. 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 McArthur 16. Attachment Theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy: Perfect Partners, Susan M. Johnson 17. Attachment Theory and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Carolina McBride 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. Getting It Together: From Attachment Research to Clinical Practice, Jeremy Holmes Joseph H. Obegi, PsyD, 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, PhD, 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. --- from the publisher | 
