Bowlby's Attachment Theory Analysis
This essay describes and evaluates the contributions of Bowlby, Ainsworth, Murray-Parkes, Kubler-Ross and Worden, as well as later theorists, to their respective fields. I demonstrate how I already work with some of these models, highlighting my strengths and areas for development. I emphasise some influences on Bowlby’s work, leading to his trilogy Attachment 1969; Separation 1973; and Loss, Sadness and Depression 1980; demonstrating how attachments in infancy may shape our attachment styles in later life. Pietromonaco and Barrett posit “A central tenet of attachment theory is that people develop mental representations, or internal working models that consist of expectations about the self, significant others and the relationship between
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In turn this promotes the development of a healthy internal working model, disruption to which may lead to psychopathology in later life. Whilst the internal working model tends to persist through the life course, I believe it can be modified by divergent experiences, but acknowledge this change may be difficult. Whilst I have extensive experience of working with loss, I now appreciate how early formative attachments influence our reactions to such loss and how these reactions may impact on the therapeutic …show more content…
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London, California and New Delhi:Sage Publications Ltd
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World Health Organisation
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New York: Basic Books
Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss: Separation (Vol. 2).
New York: Basic Books
Bowlby. J. (1979). The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds.
New York:Tavistock Publications
Bowlby, J. (1980). Attachment and loss: Sadness and Depression (Vol. 3).
New York: Basic Books
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Cardwell, M. Wadeley, A. and Murphy, M. (2000). Psychology AS and A2. Harlow, Essex:Pearson Education
Cassidy, J. and Shaver, P.R. (1999). Handbook of Attachment. Theory, Research and Clinical Applications.
New York:The Guilford Press
Coates, S. W. (2004). John Bowlby and Margaret S. Mahler:Their lives and theories. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 52, 571-601
Collins L.H. Dunlop, M.R. and Chrysler, J.C. (2002). Charting a new course for feminist
In turn this promotes the development of a healthy internal working model, disruption to which may lead to psychopathology in later life. Whilst the internal working model tends to persist through the life course, I believe it can be modified by divergent experiences, but acknowledge this change may be difficult. Whilst I have extensive experience of working with loss, I now appreciate how early formative attachments influence our reactions to such loss and how these reactions may impact on the therapeutic …show more content…
(2007). Rugby, Warwickshire:BACP
Becket, C. (2002). Human Growth and Development.
London, California and New Delhi:Sage Publications Ltd
Bowlby, J. (1952). Maternal Care and Mental Health.
World Health Organisation
Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and loss: Attachment (Vol. 1).
New York: Basic Books
Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss: Separation (Vol. 2).
New York: Basic Books
Bowlby. J. (1979). The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds.
New York:Tavistock Publications
Bowlby, J. (1980). Attachment and loss: Sadness and Depression (Vol. 3).
New York: Basic Books
Bretherton, I. (1992). The origins of attachment theory:John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Developmental Psychology. 28, 759-775
Cardwell, M. Wadeley, A. and Murphy, M. (2000). Psychology AS and A2. Harlow, Essex:Pearson Education
Cassidy, J. and Shaver, P.R. (1999). Handbook of Attachment. Theory, Research and Clinical Applications.
New York:The Guilford Press
Coates, S. W. (2004). John Bowlby and Margaret S. Mahler:Their lives and theories. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 52, 571-601
Collins L.H. Dunlop, M.R. and Chrysler, J.C. (2002). Charting a new course for feminist