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Understanding Disorganized Attachment: Theory and Practice for Working With Children and Adults
David Shemmings
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Description for Understanding Disorganized Attachment: Theory and Practice for Working With Children and Adults
Paperback. Disorganized attachment can develop in a child when the person who is normally meant to protect them is a source of danger. This book is a comprehensive and accessible text on disorganized attachment. It outlines what it is, how it can be identified and the key causes, including neurological, biochemical and genetic explanations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 figures/tables. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Disorganized attachment, the most extreme form of insecure attachment, can develop in a child when the person who is normally meant to protect them is a source of danger. This usually leads to 'fear without solution' and the effects can be lasting and damaging.
This book is a comprehensive and accessible text on disorganized attachment. It outlines what it is, how it can be identified and the key causes, including neurological, biochemical and genetic explanations. Factors that contribute to disorganized attachment are covered including unresolved loss and trauma, and the behaviour of caregivers. The authors also discuss evidence-based interventions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849050449
SKU
V9781849050449
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Ref
99-99
About David Shemmings
David Shemmings is Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent. He undertook his PhD in attachment theory, and has spent most of his working life in the field of child protection. Yvonne Shemmings is a Continuing Professional Development Specialist and has trained professionals in over 30 child protection ... Read more
Reviews for Understanding Disorganized Attachment: Theory and Practice for Working With Children and Adults
This accessible and informative book takes an up-to-date approach to the topic of disorganized attachment... The text has an authoritative research base and will be of use to social work and counselling/therapy professionals.
The Journal of Analytical Psychology Shemmings and Shemmings cut to the crux of the child protection system... If the vision of practice featured in Understanding Disorganized ... Read more
The Journal of Analytical Psychology Shemmings and Shemmings cut to the crux of the child protection system... If the vision of practice featured in Understanding Disorganized ... Read more