John Bowlby
John Bowlby (1907 - 1990). World famous psychiatrist and father of attachment theory, Bowlby worked for many years as Child and Family Psychiatrist at London's renowned Tavistock Clinic.
Attachment: Attachment and Loss: Volume 1
This classic examination, the first book in a psychology trilogy, of the processes that take place in attachment and separation and shows how experimental studies of children reveal a recognizable... (more)
Separation: Attachment and Loss: Volume 2
The second volume of Attachment and Loss continues John Bowlby's influential work on the importance of the parental relationship to mental health. Here he considers separation and the anxiety that... (more)
Loss: Attachment and Loss: Volume 3
In this third and final volume John Bowlby completes the trilogy Attachment and Loss, his much acclaimed work on the importance of the parental relationship to mental health. Here he examines the... (more)
A Secure Base
Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, this classic collection of Bowlby's lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships. As... (more)
The Milan Seminar: Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory
This edited book contains a hitherto unpublished seminar held by John Bowlby in Milan, Italy in 1985. The seminar is preceded by a foreword by Kate White, of the Bowlby Centre, and by an introduction... (more)
Personality and Mental Illness: An Essay in Psychiatric Diagnosis
A volume in the prestigious International Library of Psychology series originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such as Sigmund Freud, C.G. Jung, John... (more)
The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds
John Bowlby's interest in the effects on a developing child of different forms of family experience began in 1929 when he worked for six months in a school for behaviourally challenged children. A... (more)