Attachment Narrative Therapy: Applications and Developments

This textbook provides an up-to-date guide to the application of Attachment Narrative Therapy (ANT), a model that combines concepts and techniques from systemic family therapy, narrative therapy and theory and attachment theory. Edited and with contributions from leading practitioners of ANT, this book brings together illustrations of its applications in a variety of clinical settings. It offers practical guidance and the latest research from clinicians who are now advancing its application. Another important feature is illustration of how practitioners have developed ANT to incorporate the latest ideas and methods from trauma theory and neuro-biology. It will provide a valuable new resource for practitioners, teachers and students of systemic practice, family therapy, clinical psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

About the Author

Rudi Dallos is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Plymouth.  He has worked as a family therapist for 35 years and has engaged in research utilizing the ANT approach. He has published widely and written a number of books including:  Don’t Blame the Parents, Attachment Narrative Therapy, Formulation in Psychotherapy and Counselling and An Introduction to Family Therapy.