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Attachment Theory Books
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Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.13 — 125,124 ratings — published 2010
Attachment Theory: A Guide to Strengthening the Relationships in Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,347 ratings — published
Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,516 ratings — published 2012
The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,147 ratings — published 2019
Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families
by (shelved 10 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.33 — 667 ratings — published
Hold Me Tight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.12 — 22,807 ratings — published 2008
Attachment in Psychotherapy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,843 ratings — published 2007
Insecure in Love: How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,519 ratings — published 2014
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,422 ratings — published 1994
Attachment in Adulthood: Structure, Dynamics, and Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.33 — 70 ratings — published 2007
Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.54 — 145 ratings — published 2016
Attachment (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.17 — 662 ratings — published 1969
A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,041 ratings — published 1988
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.35 — 16,409 ratings — published 2020
The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.15 — 732 ratings — published 2019
Attachment and the Defence Against Intimacy: Understanding and Working with Avoidant Attachment, Self-Hatred, and Shame (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.30 — 90 ratings — published
Attached at the Heart: Eight Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children (From Conception to Five Years)
by (shelved 5 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.21 — 349 ratings — published 2009
Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,037 ratings — published
Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.04 — 8,264 ratings — published 2022
Anxiously Attached: Understanding and Working with Preoccupied Attachment (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.15 — 34 ratings — published
The Attachment Effect: Exploring the Powerful Ways Our Earliest Bond Shapes Our Relationships and Lives (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 3.93 — 641 ratings — published 2018
Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner
by (shelved 4 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 3.80 — 674 ratings — published 2014
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,658 ratings — published 2003
The Anxious Hearts Guide: Rising Above Anxious Attachment (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.11 — 582 ratings — published
Raising Securely Attached Kids: Using Connection-Focused Parenting to Create Confidence, Empathy, and Resilience (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.52 — 3,006 ratings — published
Adult Attachment: A Concise Introduction to Theory and Research (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.44 — 16 ratings — published
Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,142 ratings — published
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.35 — 287,853 ratings — published 2014
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.12 — 50,466 ratings — published 1986
The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.11 — 798 ratings — published 2011
The Courage to Trust: A Guide to Building Deep and Lasting Relationships (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 3.80 — 137 ratings — published 2005
Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.21 — 112 ratings — published 1999
The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.22 — 876 ratings — published 1996
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,692 ratings — published 2000
The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,804 ratings — published 1999
Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships (Dr. Sue Johnson Collection #2)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,723 ratings — published 2013
Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,461 ratings — published 1999
Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by (shelved 3 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.16 — 165 ratings — published 2003
Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation (Loose Leaf)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 3.71 — 24 ratings — published 1979
Loss: Sadness and Depression (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.16 — 172 ratings — published 1979
Separation: Anxiety and Anger (Attachment & Loss #2)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.25 — 217 ratings — published 1972
John Bowlby and Attachment Theory (Makers of Modern Psychotherapy)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.21 — 217 ratings — published 1993
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.48 — 24,226 ratings — published 2007
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,495 ratings — published 2014
The Polysecure Workbook: Healing Your Attachment and Creating Security in Loving Relationships (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.29 — 118 ratings — published 2022
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.41 — 110,521 ratings — published 2021
Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 3.96 — 94 ratings — published 2001
Attachment Across the Lifecourse: A Brief Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.31 — 114 ratings — published 2011
Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,640 ratings — published 2012
Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as attachment-theory)
avg rating 4.28 — 617 ratings — published 2020
“In particular, Vaillant says, it is the experience of loving and being loved that most closely predicts how we react to the hardships of life; human attachments are the ultimate source of resilience. “The seventy-five years and twenty million dollars expended on the Grant Study points, at least to me, to a straightforward five-word conclusion," Vaillant writes. “‘Happiness equals love. Full stop.”
― A Book About Love
― A Book About Love
“Human beings are a species evolved for secure connection with others--that's just human biology & neuroscience.
But some of us wonder if we can feel secure without being abandoned
&
some of us wonder if we can feel secure without being overwhelmed.
Some of us a little of both.”
― Notes From Your Therapist
But some of us wonder if we can feel secure without being abandoned
&
some of us wonder if we can feel secure without being overwhelmed.
Some of us a little of both.”
― Notes From Your Therapist






