Attachment Theory and Research in Clinical Work with Adults

I. Theoretical Foundations

2. An Overview of Adult Attachment Theory, Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer

3. The Therapist as Secure Base, Barry A. Farber and Jesse A. Metzger

4. Attachment, Mentalization, and Reflective Functioning, Elliot L. Jurist and Kevin B. Meehan

5. Clinical Correlates of Adult Attachment Organization, Frederick G. Lopez

II. Assessing Attachment

6. Using Interviews to Assess Adult Attachment, Kenneth N. Levy and Kristen M. Kelly

7. Self-Report Measures of Adult Attachment in Clinical Practice, R. Chris Fraley and Robert L. Phillips

8. Attachment Styles, the Rorschach, and the Thematic Apperception Test: Using Traditional Projective Measures to Assess Aspects of Attachment, Ety Berant

III. Clinical Utility

9. Internal Working Models and Change, Rebecca J. Cobb and Joanne Davila

10. An Attachment Approach to Adult Psychotherapy, Brent Mallinckrodt, Katherine Daly, and Chia-Chih D.C. Wang

11.Transference and Attachment, Rami Tolmacz

12. Attachment-Related Defensive Processes, Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver, Jude Cassidy, and Ety Berant

13. An Attachment Perspective on Crying in Therapy, Judith Kay Nelson

IV. Integration with Clinical Approaches

14. Adult Psychotherapy from the Perspectives of Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis, Morris Eagle and David L. Wolitzky

15. An Interpersonal Approach to Attachment and Change, Paul Florsheim and Laura McArthur

16. Attachment Theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy: Perfect Partners, Susan M. Johnson

17. Attachment Theory and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Carolina McBride and Leslie Atkinson

V. Future Directions

18. Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy Research with Adults: Current Status and Future Directions, Ety Berant and Joseph H. Obegi

19. From Attachment Research to Clinical Practice: Getting It Together, Jeremy Holmes