The Milan Seminar: Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory
John Bowlby and Marco Bacciagaluppi, "The Milan Seminar: Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory"
English | ISBN: 1780491670 | 2016 | 176 pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | ISBN: 1780491670 | 2016 | 176 pages | PDF | 1 MB
This edited book contains a hitherto unpublished seminar held by John Bowlby in Milan, Italy in 1985.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 by the editor, Marco Bacciagaluppi. The introduction contains excerpts from unpublished correspondence between Bowlby and the editor, carried out over a span of eight years, between 1982 and 1990. After the seminar there are the follow-ups of the three cases presented by Leopolda Pelizzaro, Ferruccio Osimo and Emilia Fumagalli, and a report by Germana Agnetti and Angelo Barbato, who gave hospitality to Bowlby and his wife. This is followed by a contribution by Ferruccio Osimo on experiential dynamic psychotherapy, an application of attachment theory, with a long case study. At the end there are some concluding remarks by the