Part I: Conceptualising the Couple in Attachment Terms -- -- Patterns of relating in the couple / James Fisher and Lisa Crandell -- Attachment security in adult partnerships / Judith Crowell and Dominique Treboux -- Insecue attachment and abusive intimate relationships / Kim Bartholomew, Antonia Henderson and Donald Dutton -- A couple perspective on the transmission of attachment patterns / Philip Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan -- -- Part II: Applications to Couple Psychotherapy -- -- Attachment theory and the therapeutic frame / Christopher Clulow -- Working with intangible loss / Christopher Clulow, Jenny Riddell and Avi Shmueli -- Clinical reflections on unresolved and unclassifiable states of mind / Christopher Vincent -- Attachment, narcissism and the violent couple / Lynne Cudmore and Dorothy Judd -- -- Part III: A Secure Base for Practice -- -- Training partnerships : Safe haven or secure base? / Felicia Olney -- Security and creativity at work / Anton Obholzer -- The sense of connection / Christopher Clulow
Summary
Brings research and practice perspectives to bear on the adult couple relationship, and provides a framework for assessing and working with secure and insecure attachment
