Providing a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the theories of attachment, this is an indispensable guide for professionals.
"For clinicians, the chapters by Margaret deJong and Cornelia Gutjahr are likely to be very helpful, especially for those working in the fields of maltreatment, looked after and adopted children, and are helpful for setting attachment theory in a broader context of the other issues that we know may present in complex formulations highlighting that attachment, whilst terribly important, is not the only show in town, even within these high-risk groups."- Matt Woolgar, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and National Academy of Parenting Research, ACAMH, November 2014