This exciting new book explores attachment, alliance and therapeutic practice. Grounded in theory and built on new research findings based on adult attachment styles, it brings together ideas on attachment and the connections that counsellors and therapists make with the people who seek their help.
1. Alliance Building
2. Why Therapists or Counsellors Need to Know about Attachment
3. The Impact of the Personal on the Professional Self
4. The Relationship between Attachment Styles and Alliance: Therapists' Stories
5. Continuous Professional Development and the Role of Supervision.