Knowing the Self: Attachment and Therapeutic Alliance for Mental Health Professionals

Author:   Yusmarhaini Yusof (Kedah, Malaysia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
ISBN:  

9781352007329


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   24 September 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Knowing the Self: Attachment and Therapeutic Alliance for Mental Health Professionals


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This exciting new book explores attachment, alliance and therapeutic practice. Grounded in theory and built on new research findings based on adult attachment styles, it brings together ideas on attachment and the connections that counsellors and therapists make with the people who seek their help.

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Author:   Yusmarhaini Yusof (Kedah, Malaysia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.588kg
ISBN:  

9781352007329


ISBN 10:   1352007320
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   24 September 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Alliance Building 2. Why Therapists or Counsellors Need to Know about Attachment 3. The Impact of the Personal on the Professional Self 4. The Relationship between Attachment Styles and Alliance: Therapists’ Stories 5. Continuous Professional Development and the Role of Supervision.

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In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Yusmarhaini demonstrates how the therapist's adult attachment style can both help and hinder the development and maintenance of the therapeutic alliance. Knowing yourself is key to being an effective therapist or counsellor: this book shows you how. -- Emeritus Professor, Professor John Carpenter DSc. * University of Bristol, UK *


"In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Yusmarhaini demonstrates how the therapist's adult attachment style can both help and hinder the development and maintenance of the therapeutic alliance. ""Knowing yourself"" is key to being an effective therapist or counsellor: this book shows you how. -- Emeritus Professor, Professor John Carpenter DSc. * University of Bristol, UK *"


Author Information

Yusmarhaini Yusof is Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Universiti Utara Malaysia and mother of two daughters. Her background includes Visiting Researcher at Department of Sociology (formerly known as School of Applied Social Science), Durham University, UK, and Officer at the Women’s Affairs Department, Malaysia. She has co-edited two books on social work published by UUM Press in 2005 and trained as a therapist at the University Centre for the Child and Family (UCCF), University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

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