Actually, there was one thing which I felt was important not from a psychiatric POV but just in general was that the emotional development is so under-valued (this was written a while ago so predates its own impact on the field where this as an important area.

Whilst a counsellor working in the classical client-centred approach may not feel the need for this blank to be filed, it's something I've found fascinating and which I intend to read into further. A very readable looking into the thinking of an important contributor to psychology and psychoanalysis.

Gillian Schofield is Emeritus Professor of Child and Family Social Work and former Head of the School of Social Work at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

A través de una serie de conferencias realizadas por el autor, se exploran las consecuencias del apego en el desarrollo de la personalidad, los factores que influyen en su construcción y la necesidad de su consideración en la clínica. It can be helpful, first, to think about caregiver/child interactions as having the potential to shape the thinking and feeling and ultimately the behaviour of the child. In a nutshell, attachment theory categorizes personality development into three types (at least at the time of writing the book): secure, anxious resistant, and anxious avoidant.During the earliest years of our lives, indeed, emotional expression and its reception are the only means of communication we have. When children observe scenes their parent do not want them to observe, the children are aware and conform to parent’s wish by not process this information — they stop being aware of they have observed the scene, formed a impression, or had a experience. This process begins in infancy with the sensitive caregiver viewing even the tiny baby as having thoughts and feelings. This may make them a source of anxiety rather than comfort for the infant, but does not mean that they are necessarily neglectful or abusive.

When the baby is hungry, lonely or uncomfortable the sensitive and responsive caregiver will both recognise and react promptly to meet the baby's needs. Some children with unpredictable or frightening care may try to make their environment more predictable through role-reversing and controlling behaviour. In these circumstances, children will find it hard to let adults come close enough to establish trusting relationships and provide a secure base. To understand the lessons that are learned in these early relationships and why they go on to affect subsequent relationships, Bowlby developed the concept of ‘internal working models'.

Bowlby's view of what was necessary for sensitive care relied on the caregiver thinking about the thoughts and feelings of the child, and over time enabling the child to think about the thoughts and feelings of the caregiver and other adults and children. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It is very medical, but does address the significance of having healthy attachment in the first year. Understanding this can help us to challenge and overcome unhelpful or unhealthy attachment behaviours, to form healthier relationships with ourselves and others.