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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810913903321

Autore

Stosny Steven

Titolo

Treating attachment abuse : a compassionate approach / / Steven Stosny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1995

ISBN

1-281-81868-2

9786611818685

0-8261-8961-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/82

Soggetti

Attachment behavior

Caring

Psychological abuse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I: The Role of Attachment in Abuse; 1 Beginnings: Self-Building, Abuse, and Treatment; 2 The Experience of Attachment; 3 Attachment Abuse: Why We Hurt the Ones We Love; 4 Pathways to Abuse: Deficits in Attachment Skills and Affect Regulation; 5 A New Response for Clinicians in the Prevention of Emotional Abuse and Violence; 6 Compassion and Therapeutic Morality; Part II: Treating Attachment Abuse; 7 The Compassion Workshop, Module One: Healing; 8 The Compassion Workshop, Module Two: Dramatic Compassion; 9 The Compassion Workshop, Module Three: Self-Empowerment

Module Four: Empowerment of Loved Ones10 The Compassion Workshop, Module Five: Negotiating Attachment Relationships;  Module Six: Moving Toward the Future; Epilogue; References; Appendix A. Pilot Evaluation of the Compassion Workshop; Appendix B. The Attachment Compassion Scale; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Attachment abuse can involve both physical and emotional violence between people in close relationships, which includes couples, parents and their children, and adult children and their aging parents, among others. Attachment abusers blame their victims for their own feelings



of shame, inadequacy, or inability to love. Dr. Stosny's innovative and integrative approach to the treatment of attachment abuse emphasizes the importance of compassion for both the abused and the abuser. This hands-on manual provides a series of treatment modules designed to teach the perpetrators and the victims how to