The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds (Paperback)

Paperback. 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 Bowlbys thought and work, as well as much practical guidance of use both to parents and to members of the mental health professions. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.