1st Edition
Why Don't I Feel Good Enough? Using Attachment Theory to Find a Solution
Contents
Part One: Why Don’t I Feel Good?
- How Can I Help You?
- Feeling Good
- Surviving and Thriving - Attachment Theory
- How Attachment Styles are Formed
- Attachment Styles in Adulthood
- Family History and the Genogram
- Working Out My Attachment Style
- Putting It All Together – Formulating My Psychological Map
- Romantic Partners
- Family and Friends
- Colleagues
- Other Relationships
- Taking Care of Myself
- Managing My Emotions
- Managing My Behaviours
- Where Can I Get Further Help?
- Strengths and Limitations of Research Evidence
Part Two: Taking Action - Mapping My Inner Life
Part Three: Becoming Aware of the Hidden Forces in My Relationships
Part Four: Feeling Good - Learning to Take Control of My Life
Part Five: Additional Information
Afterword - Eva, Dan, Jas and Zac…
Further Reading
References
Index
List of Figures
Figure 2.1 Circles of context
Figure 2.2 Johari Window
Figure 2.3 Johari Window after Self-Exploration
Figure 3.1 The Attachment Cycle – Development of Trust & Secure Attachment
Figure 3.1 Development of Emotional Understanding & Regulation
Figure 3.1 Development of Shame
Figure 3.1 Relationship Repair
Figure 4.1 Secure Attachment Style
Figure 4.1 Pyramid of Personal Fulfilment
Figure 4.1 Anxious Attachment Style
Figure 4.1 Avoidant Attachment Style
Figure 4.1 Disorganised Attachment Style
List of Tables
Table 4.1 Labels Given to Infant and Adult Attachment Styles
Table 4.2 Bowlby’s Original Classification of Attachment Styles
Table 5.1 Adult Attachment Behaviours
Table 14.1 Universal Emotional States
Table 14.1 Forms of Dissociation
Table 14.1 Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress
List of Exercises
Exercise 6.1 Assessment Flowchart
Exercise 6.2 Genogram Symbols
Exercise 6.1 Eva’s Genogram
Exercise 6.1 Zac’s Genogram
Exercise 7.1 Attachment Style Vignettes
Exercise 7.1 My Attachment Style Questionnaire
Exercise 7.1 My Attachment Style Questionnaire – Eva
Exercise 7.1 My Attachment Style Questionnaire – Dan
Exercise 7.1 My Attachment Style Questionnaire – Jas
Exercise 7.1 My Attachment Style Questionnaire – Zac
Exercise 8.1 Five P’s Formulation
Exercise 8.1 Nine Steps Formulation
Exercise 8.1 Eva’s Formulation Map
Exercise 8.1 Dan’s Five P’s Formulation
Exercise 8.1 Jas’s Formulation Picture
Exercise 8.1 Zac’s Formulation Story
Exercise 14.1 Jas’s Record of Emotions
Exercise 15.1 Self-Imposed Barriers to Change
Exercise 15.2 ROSE acronym for managing intense emotion
Exercise 16.1 Subjective Units of Distress for Measuring Progress
aBiography
Helen Dent is Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology at Staffordshire University.
