Adult Attachment and Couple Psychotherapy

Christopher Clulow is Director of the Tavistock Marital Studies Institute, London, where he practises as a couple psychotherapist, teacher and researcher. He has published extensively on working with couples undergoing change, and about marriage and family life.

• Foreword. Introduction. Part I: Conceptualising the Couple on Attachment Terms.Fisher, Crandall, Patterns of Relating in the Couple. Crowell, Treboux, Attachment Security in Adult Partnerships. Bartholomew et al, Insecure Attachment and Abusive Intimate Relationships. Cowan, Cowan, A Couple Perspective on the Transmission of Attachment Patterns. Part II: Application to Couple Psychotherapy.Clulow, Attachment Theory and the Therapeutic Frame. Clulow et al, Working with Intangible Loss. Vincent, Clinical Reflections on Unresolved and Unclassifiable States of Mind. Clulow, Attachment, Narcissism and the Violent Couple. Cudmore, Judd, Traumatic Loss and the Couple. Part III: A Secure Base for Practice.Olney, Training Partnerships: Safe Haven or Secure Base? Obholzer, Security and Creativity at Work. Clulow, The Sense of Connection. Appendices.