Attachment-Based Psychotherapy: Helping Patients Develop Adaptive Capacities - Hardcover

Costello, Peter C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433813025 ISBN 13: 9781433813023

Publisher: American Psychological Assoc, 2013

Synopsis

This book presents an attachment-based approach to therapy that addresses the limiting and detrimental effects of negative early attachment experiences.

Our early attachment experiences with our primary caregiver influence the adult that we become. Attachment-based psychotherapy has two major components: establishing a security-engendering therapeutic relationship and helping the patient to communicate more openly and thus to access more adaptive feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Psychotherapists of various theoretical orientations will appreciate this book amp rsquo s richly detailed conceptualization of common human problems and its clear treatment approach for addressing these problems.

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About the Author

Peter C. Costello, PhD, is a clinical psychologist practicing in New York City, working with individuals and couples, and an associate professor of communication at Adelphi University, where he teaches seminars in attachment theory, interpersonal communication, and adult romantic relationships. He previously served in multiple roles as a dean and an associate provost at Adelphi. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College and hold two doctoral degrees: one in clinical psychology from The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (City College) and another in communication from New York University. His work combines both fields. Dr. Costello completed his clinical training at The New York State Psychiatric Institute and at the New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. In addition to attachment theory, his current interests include an integrative approach to psychotherapy, and in recent years he has co-chaired two international conferences sponsored by the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration. He also serves on the editorial board of the newly launched journal of the Unified Psychotherapy Project.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychological Assoc
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433813025
• ISBN 13: 9781433813023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 269