Helping both parents and psychologists to arrive at a better understanding of the inner emotional world of the infant, this selection of key lectures by Bowlby includes the seminal one that gives the volume its title. Informed by wide clinical experience, and written with the author's well-known humanity and lucidity, the lectures provide an invaluable introduction to John Bowlby’s thought and work, as well as much practical guidance of use both to parents and to members of the mental health professions.
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CONTRIBUTORS: John Bowlby, Richard Bowlby
EAN: 9780415354813
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 249 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-09-08
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GENRE: MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychotherapy
'These essays, spanning twenty years of Bowlby's speaking about the forming and breaking of relationships of affection, are clear and systematic … They make an excellent introduction to his thought.'- British Journal of Psychiatry
