The Routledge Handbook of Attachment

Abstract

Reviews the book, The Routledge Handbook of Attachment by Paul Holmes and Steve Farnfield (see record 2014-24955-000). These three volumes on attachment from Holmes and Farnfield offer a major new synthesis of information and resources applicable to both research and clinical practice. Holmes and Farnfield edit, organise, and collate recent developments from a substantial group of scientific practitioners fromthis field, based mainly in the United Kingdom and Europe. Attachment literature has been subject to frequent academic reflection and debate since the 1960s. However, froma practitioner perspective, many attachment-related resources have been very difficult to apply, being highly theoretical or offering highly specialised and relatively inaccessible assessment tools and materials. These three volumes are intended to strengthen scientist-practitioner approaches to assessment and intervention of children with attachment issues, and psychologists' presentation of attachment information to others including in legal proceedings. The clear explanations and terminology make the volumes readily accessible to higher degree students, psychology practitioners and researchers alike. As such, they provide an important contribution to the field that will be not only appreciated but regarded as essential reading by all those with an ongoing interest in the development and communication of psychological understanding about children's attachment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)