Addictions from an attachment perspective : do broken bonds and early trauma lead to addictive behaviours? /
edited by Richard Gill.
- London : Karnac, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 137 pages)
- The John Bowlby Memorial Conference Monograph Series .
Attachment theory and The John Bowlby Memorial Lecture 2013 : a short history / Addiction: treatment and its context / The self-medication hypothesis and attachment theory : pathways for understanding and ameliorating addictive suffering / Alcohol misuse, attachment dilemmas, and triangles of interaction : a systemic approach to practice / Taking the toys away: removing the need for self-harming / Using "intent" to remedy mal-attachment / Struggling with abstinence / Technology, attachment, and sexual addiction / Gambling addiction: seeking certainty when relationship is the risk / Kate White -- Jason Wright -- Edward J. Khantzian -- Arlene Vetere -- Lynn Greenwood -- Bob Johnson -- Richard Gill -- Cara Crossan -- Liz Karter.
This outstanding book is an important collection of papers from the 2013 John Bowlby Memorial Conference by eight accomplished clinicians from different modalities who share their experience of working with people with different kinds of addiction. The papers bring together an in-depth understanding that addictions are a response to, and hold the pain of, broken attachments and are best treated within healthy interpersonal relationships. For a long time the person with an addiction has been seen as the problem with society being able to live in denial of the causes. These papers open up innovative and effective ways of working with people troubled by addiction from an attachment-informed perspective.