Every week we meet for an hour over Zoom to discuss various books related to attachment theory. These are open for anyone to join, and are a great way to start learning about attachment theory and meet people who are also interested in this work.

Fridays at 10:00 am ET

Currently reading

Taking a break until February 2nd. When we resume we’ll read Assessing Adult Attachment by Patricia Crittenden.

Schedule

February
2nd Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Introduction: “D’you Know What I Mean?”
9th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 2: Theoretical Background
16th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 3: Information Processing
23rd Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 4: Constructs Used in the Discourse Analysis of the Adult Attachment Interview
March
1st Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 5: Overview of the Type B (Balanced) Strategies
8th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 6: Overview of the Type A Strategies and A1-2
15th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 7: Compulsive Type A Strategies and (A3-8): Coping With Danger
22nd Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 8: Overview of the Type C Strategies and C1–2
29th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 9: Obsessive Type C Strategies (C3-C8): Coping With Uncertatinty, Ambiguity, and Threat
April
5th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 10: Combination Patterns
12th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 11: Conditions That Reflect the Disruption of Interpersonal Self Protective Strategies
19th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 12: Conditions That Reflect the Failure of Interpersonal Self Protective Strategies
26th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 13: The Classificatory Process and Classificatory Guidelines
May
3rd Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 14: But What Shall I Do? Transforming an AAI Classification Into a Plan for Treatment
10th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 15: Validity and Clinical Implications of the DMM-AAI
19th Asessessing Adult Attachment: Read Chapter 16: Validity and Clinical Implications of the DMM-AAI

 

What we read previously