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The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds

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The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds presents a selection of key lectures by John Bowlby, exploring the deep emotional connections formed in early infancy. Drawing on extensive clinical experience, Bowlby offers insight into the inner world of the infant and the vital role of early attachment. The volume serves as a foundational text in understanding emotional development and provides practical guidance for both parents and mental health professionals.
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This book is ideal for parents seeking to understand their child's emotional needs, as well as for psychologists and mental health practitioners interested in attachment theory and child development.

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Informed by wide clinical experience, and written with the author's well known humanity and lucidity, these lectures provide an invaluable introduction to Bowlby's work, as well practical guidance for parents and mental health professionals.

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Helping both parents and psychologists to arrive at a better understanding of the inner emotional world of the infant, this selection of key lectures by Bowlby includes the seminal one that gives the volume its title.

Informed by wide clinical experience, and written with the author's well-known humanity and lucidity, the lectures provide an invaluable introduction to John Bowlbyโ€™s thought and work, as well as much practical guidance of use both to parents and to members of the mental health professions.

Series: Routledge Classics

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ISBN: 9781138834583

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 May 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 4 Tables, black and white

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 224

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