Introduces the theory of adult attachment as an advanced relationship science that can enable individuals to find and sustain love, offering insight into the roles of genetics and early family life in how people approach relationships.

"A road map for building strong and secure relationships for those who struggle with anxiety in their romantic connections"--

The quality of early attachment relationships is of central importance to children's social and emotional development. It is vital to their all round development. Shot over the first three years of an infant's life, the film shows the development of attachment behaviour. By observing the interactions between infants and their carers we see the attachment stages unfolding, giving a real understanding of how it works in practice. While the film focuses...

Desde nuestros primeros años, enseña Diane Poole Heller, desarrollamos un estilo de apego que nos sigue a lo largo de la vida, reproduciéndose en nuestras relaciones íntimas, con nuestros hijos y en el trabajo. Y los eventos traumáticos pueden afectar profundamente ese modelo relacional central. Con El poder del apego, un pionero en la teoría del apego y la resolución del trauma reúne estos dos campos para ayudarnos a comprender y beneficiarnos...

The development of a secure attachment relationship is a cruicial part of early development. Through careful observation of early relationships all other areas of development are observed as well. This film shows baby Orson as he develops through his first twelve months. Starting with a sequence filmed just after birth, there is a sequence for every month of this first year and sometimes more than one. The sequences all involve interactions with others...

An invaluable resource for students and professionals as well as parents, this text offers a composite case study of one child's development following years of abuse and neglect. Blending theory and research into a powerful narrative, Hughes offers effective strategies for facilitating attachment in children who have experienced serious trauma. --Publisher

"When professional researcher and writer Bethany Saltman gave birth to her daughter, Azalea, she loved her deeply but felt as if something was missing. Looking back at her lonely childhood, dangerous teenage years, and love-addicted early adulthood, Saltman thought maybe she was broken. Then she discovered the science of attachment, the field of psychology that explores the question of why?from an evolutionary point of view?love exists between parents...

"It's time to move beyond the self-destructive coping strategies that hold you back! The coping styles we develop in childhood are often the result of stressful or traumatic experiences. And while they once worked to keep us feeling safe, they do not serve us well in adulthood. This essential guide offers readers an innovative and evidence-based approach grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and attachment theory-to move beyond self-sabotaging...

Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation is now basic to understandings of infant-parent interactions and, thus, later emotional development. Working in close collaboration with the British psychiatrist John Bowlby, Ainsworth gave us new understandings of the huge impact very early emotional experiences have on personality development across the life span. The production details the developmental course of attachment behaviors and the different patterns...