David Howe OBE is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, UK.Lucy Betts is a Professor in Social Developmental Psychology and Lead Research Co-ordinator for the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

• IntroductionPart 1: Attachment Theory, Models and Measures1. Attachment Behaviour2. Emotions and their Regulation3. The Internal Working Model 4. Patterns of Attachment5. Attachment in AdulthoodPart 2: Attachment Patterns, Types and Styles6. Secure Attachments in Childhood7. Secure Attachments in Adulthood8. Avoidant Attachments in Childhood9. Avoidant and Dismissing Attachments in Adulthood10. Ambivalent Attachments in Childhood11. Anxious and Preoccupied Attachments in Adulthood12. Disorganised and Controlling Attachments in Childhood13. Fearful Avoidant Attachments and Unresolved States of Mind in AdulthoodPart 3: Issues and Debates14. Temperament, Disability and Gender: The Interaction of Nature and Nurture15. Attachment across the Lifecourse: Continuity and Discontinuity, Stability and Change16. Use and Misuses of Attachment TheoryEpilogueBibliographyIndex

A must-read for practitioners and advocates working with others across the lifespan, providing evidence-based practices for identifying and remediating attachment needs.

David Howe OBE is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, UK.Lucy Betts is a Professor in Social Developmental Psychology and Lead Research Co-ordinator for the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

• IntroductionPart 1: Attachment Theory, Models and Measures1. Attachment Behaviour2. Emotions and their Regulation3. The Internal Working Model 4. Patterns of Attachment5. Attachment in AdulthoodPart 2: Attachment Patterns, Types and Styles6. Secure Attachments in Childhood7. Secure Attachments in Adulthood8. Avoidant Attachments in Childhood9. Avoidant and Dismissing Attachments in Adulthood10. Ambivalent Attachments in Childhood11. Anxious and Preoccupied Attachments in Adulthood12. Disorganised and Controlling Attachments in Childhood13. Fearful Avoidant Attachments and Unresolved States of Mind in AdulthoodPart 3: Issues and Debates14. Temperament, Disability and Gender: The Interaction of Nature and Nurture15. Attachment across the Lifecourse: Continuity and Discontinuity, Stability and Change16. Use and Misuses of Attachment TheoryEpilogueBibliographyIndex

A must-read for practitioners and advocates working with others across the lifespan, providing evidence-based practices for identifying and remediating attachment needs.

David Howe OBE is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of East Anglia, UK.Lucy Betts is a Professor in Social Developmental Psychology and Lead Research Co-ordinator for the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

• IntroductionPart 1: Attachment Theory, Models and Measures1. Attachment Behaviour2. Emotions and their Regulation3. The Internal Working Model 4. Patterns of Attachment5. Attachment in AdulthoodPart 2: Attachment Patterns, Types and Styles6. Secure Attachments in Childhood7. Secure Attachments in Adulthood8. Avoidant Attachments in Childhood9. Avoidant and Dismissing Attachments in Adulthood10. Ambivalent Attachments in Childhood11. Anxious and Preoccupied Attachments in Adulthood12. Disorganised and Controlling Attachments in Childhood13. Fearful Avoidant Attachments and Unresolved States of Mind in AdulthoodPart 3: Issues and Debates14. Temperament, Disability and Gender: The Interaction of Nature and Nurture15. Attachment across the Lifecourse: Continuity and Discontinuity, Stability and Change16. Use and Misuses of Attachment TheoryEpilogueBibliographyIndex

A must-read for practitioners and advocates working with others across the lifespan, providing evidence-based practices for identifying and remediating attachment needs.