Part 1 Part I: Theoretical and Diagnostic Considerations Chapter 2 1 Conceptualizing Attachment Pathology Chapter 3 2 The Attachment Disordered Self Chapter 4 3 Borderline Organization, Trauma, and Attachment Part 5 Part II: Treatment Perspectives Chapter 6 4 Beginning the Treatment Chapter 7 5 The Fragile Nature of Therapeutic Alliance Chapter 8 6 Managing Primitive Defenses Chapter 9 7 Embracing Countertransference Chapter 10 8 Reaching the Affect Part 11 Part III: Extended Case Studies Chapter 12 Engaging Alexithymia in a Depressed, Eating Disordered, Body Dysmorphic Adolescent Female Chapter 13 Feeling Closeted: Der Todestrieb, Guilt, and Self-Punishment in a Bipolar Gay Man Chapter 14 Homo Homini Lupus: Treating a Case of Systemic Ritualistic Abuse Chapter 15 Postscript from the Unconscious
Jon Mills, Psy.D., Ph.D., ABPP, is a psychologist, philosopher, and psychoanalyst in private practice in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. He is a diplomate in psychoanalysis and clinical psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology and is currently president of the Section on Psychoanalysis of the Canadian Psychological Association.
It is a rare treat indeed and one that is increasingly uncommon to
have the richest, most detailed clinical material presented
alongside tightly organized and coherent clinical theory. This book
is of immense practical value. In teaching simple but effective
therapeutic techniques, the book succeeds in identifying a
previously frequently overlooked set of clinical problems and in
meeting these in the most powerful way that modern analytic
technique is able to muster. This book is an absolute gem!
*Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., University College of London, Director of the
Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology*
Mills' work is a welcome addition to the literature. It goes beyond
simply linking adult psychopathology to early attachment
difficulties. Mills' work provides a theoretical framework for
understanding attachment from a psychodynamic/psychoanalytic
perspective and then uses this theoretical framework to discuss the
aetiology and treatment of adult disorders. Although Mills is
working from a psychoanalytic/psychodynamic perspective, this book
offers much to clinicians from all perspectives. Mills is clearly
passionate about his work, and it is hard not to feel the same
excitement when reading his work...
*Canadian Psychology*
The theoretical discussions and treatment considerations are rich,
nuanced, and informative.
*Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic: A Journal for the Mental Health
Professions*
Under the author's highly knowledgeable and skillful guidance,
attachment theory once the pariah of psychoanalysis, is
demonstrated by him to be central to understanding human
development, and errors in attachment to be central to the
development of psychopathology. Thus, attachment has now become a
major player in psychoanalytic theory and clinical application. Dr.
Mills ably demonstrates the role of attachment disorder in adult
dysfunctional ways of being. It is the immediacy of the importance
of attachment in the clinical situation which clearly distinguishes
this worthy book. Attachment is no longer simply a feature of
infancy in childhood. It is a matter for a lifetime and is a major
player in adult psychopathology. I urge all mental health workers
to read it.
*James S. Grotstein, M.D., David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA;
Training and Supervising analyst at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic
Society/Institute and*
Mills' work is a welcome addition to the literature. It goes beyond
simply linking adult psychopathology to early attachment
difficulties. Mills' work provides a theoretical framework for
understanding attachment from a psychodynamic/psychoanalytic
perspective and then uses this theoretical framework to discuss the
aetiology and treatment of adult disorders.
Although Mills is working from a psychoanalytic/psychodynamic
perspective, this book offers much to clinicians from all
perspectives. Mills is clearly passionate about his work, and it is
hard not to feel the same excitement when reading his work.
*Canadian Psychology*
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