In addition to the sexual and food instinct, there is another powerful force — the power of attachment. This was proven by the English psychoanalyst John Bowlby. And his follower Brish wrote this book, in which he talked about the life of Bowlby and how attachment disorders affect our lives and how they can be corrected.
In addition to the sexual and food instincts, there is a third system of motive forces independent of them — attachment. Such was the discovery of the English psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1907-1990). He proceeded from the fact that we all have a biologically built «attachment system» (that is, close emotional bonds) that provides us with survival and protection in infancy and persists throughout life. His theory aroused sharp rejection by colleagues, but over time became the main approach to understanding the early development of the child. Parents, caregivers, teachers who are able to recognize different patterns of attachment are able to more sensitively respond to the needs and requests of the wards. Excessive «clinging» to the parent, rudeness and anger, isolation and distrust — all these types of behavior from which the child himself suffers indicate a violation of the sense of attachment. It is also important for helping professionals, such as psychotherapists, to be aware of these patterns. And in communication not only with children, but also with adults. Because the situation when a patient asks for help activates his attachment system, and this affects the relationship with the specialist and the entire therapeutic process as a whole. Child psychoanalyst Karl Heinz Brisch talks about the life and work of John Bowlby and his followers and describes cases from his own practice.
Kogito-Center, 316 p.