How do past relationships shape who we are today? Attachment theory offers a powerful model for explaining how our earliest relationships affect not only our development as children but also our feelings & behaviour as adults. This succinct & highly readable book offers the perfect introduction to a fascinating & fast-growing field. It explains the key concepts in attachment theory & describes how the main attachment types play out both in childhood & later life. It identifies some of the intriguing questions being explored by research such as: a- What part do individuals attachment histories play in adult relationships? a- What scope is there for attachment styles established in infancy to change later in life? Students & professionals alike from across the fields of psychology counselling health & social work will find this an illuminating & thought-provoking guide to the rich complexity of human behaviour. ...

SEPARATION the second volume of ATTACHMENT & LOSS continues John Bowlbys influential work on the importance of the parental relationship to mental health. Here he considers separation & the anxiety that accompanies it: the fear of imminent or anticipated separation the fear induced by parental threats of separation & the inversion of the parent-child relationship. Dr Bowlby re-examines the situations that cause us to feel fear & compares them with evidence from animals. He concludes that fear is initially aroused by certain elemental situations
- sudden movement darkness or separation
- which although intrinsically harmless are indicative of an increased risk of danger.

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In this third & final volume John Bowlby completes the trilogy Attachment & Loss his much acclaimed work on the importance of the parental relationship to mental health. Here he examines the ways in which young children respond to a temporary or permanent loss of a mother-figure & the expression of anxiety grief & mourning which accompany such loss. The theories presented differ in many ways from those advanced by Freud & elaborated by his followers so much so that the frame of reference now offered for understanding personality developement & psychopathology amounts to a new paradigm. ...

In this classic work of psychology John Bowlby examines the processes that take place in attachment & separation & shows how experimental studies of children provide us with a recognizable behaviour pattern which is confirmed by discoveries in the biological sciences. He makes clear that human attachment is an instinctive response to the need for protection against predators & one as important for survival as nutrition & reproduction. ...

This eloquent book translates attachment theory & research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship the author integrates attachment theory with neuroscience trauma studies relational psychotherapy & the psychology of mindfulness. Vivid case material illustrates how therapists can tailor interventions to fit the attachment needs of their patients thus helping them to generate the internalized secure base for which their early relationships provided no foundation. Demonstrating the clinical uses of a focus on nonverbal interaction the book describes powerful techniques for working with the emotional responses & bodily experiences of patient & therapist alike. ...

This text offers a comprehensive account of how social developmental perspectives & attachment theory can illuminate practice in the field of child protection & family support. Drawing extensively throughout on case study material the text moves from an introduction to the key theories to a detailed outline of the main methods & processes. It offers a carefully developed & systematically tested practice & assessment model for professionals in this area & should be a valuable resource for students & professionals alike. ...

It's 1999 & for the staff of one newspaper office the internet is still a novelty. By day two young women Beth & Jennifer spend their hours emailing each other discussing in hilarious detail every aspect of their lives from love troubles to family dramas. & by night Lincoln a shy lonely IT guy spends his hours reading every exchange. At first their emails offer a welcome diversion but as Lincoln unwittingly becomes drawn into their lives the more he reads the more he finds himself falling for one of them. By the time Lincoln realizes just how head-over-heels he really is it's way too late to introduce himself. What would he say to her? ' Hi I'm the guy who reads your e-mails
- & also I think I love you'. After a series of close encounters Lincoln decides it's time to muster the courage to follow his heart ' & find out whether there really is such a thing as love before first-sight.
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Funny & adventurous stories with colourful engaging text design makes Geronimo Stilton" perfect for aspirational readers of " Diary of a Wimpy Kid". A huge hit with both avid & reluctant readers aged 5+. Captured by cats! It's every rodent's worst nightmare. It all started when my cousin Trap convinced me to join him on a quest for a legendary island covered in silver. We set out by hot-air balloon. But before you could say 'hot cheese on toast' we were attacked by a ship of pirate cats! They mouse-napped us & threatened to cook us for dinner. Would we escape with out lives...or end up in the soup? Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper but my true passion is writing adventure stories. Here in New Mouse City the capital of Mouse Island my books are all bestsellers! My stories are fa-mouse-ly funny. They are whisker-licking-good tales & that's a promise!" ...

When a cheetah exhibition opens at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. Princess Diana arrives to witness the event. At the grand opening the rare cats suddenly escape fleeing through a crowd of frightened zoogoers! Diana quickly transforms into her secret identity Wonder Woman captures the cats & saves the day. But when the cheetahs continue their odd behavior only one thing can explain it. The cat-like super-villain Cheetah is on the loose. ...

When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father hes looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he & his friend Tom discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints it takes them to another world.. .a world of dinosaurs. In this secret place the boys meet a small friendly Wannanosaurus who leads them further into the prehistoric landscape past mysterious fungi & strange fruits (which smell like sick!). But when the ground starts to shudder & the Wannanosaurus runs off at lightning speed the boys know theyre in serious danger. The Tyrannosaurus Rex has spotted them & hes coming their way.. . Can the boys outwit the T-Rex? Will they be able to find their way back to the cave? & can they make it to their own world before the tide comes in? ...