Binding Psychotherapy: Infancy and Early Childhood

Professor Karl Brisch, a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and researcher of attachment theory, first demonstrated in practice how John Bowlby's theory can be applied in counseling and psychotherapy. He named this approach binding psychotherapy - a method that can be both an independent and an additional tool in the work of specialists. Professor Brisch dedicated a series of books "Counseling and Therapy Based on Attachment Theory" to the possibilities of binding psychotherapy in working with all age groups - from infant problems to the complexities of adulthood.

The second book in the series - "Infancy and Early Childhood" - is dedicated to the development of attachment in the first three years of life. The author describes in detail various problems that arise at this age: separation anxiety, loss in early childhood, adjustment to daycare, rivalry between children, etc. Numerous examples illustrate how different symptoms in children relate to the life history and early attachment experiences of their parents. The methods of psychotherapeutic assistance aimed at fostering attachment are described, as well as various approaches that include trauma therapy and video-based diagnostics and therapy of interactions. The book is intended for everyone who works with parents, infants, and young children: pediatricians, general practitioners, midwives, nurses, and caregivers, psychiatrists and psychotherapists working with children, adolescents, and adults, psychologists, consultants, social workers, educators, defectologists, specialists in therapeutic physical education, caregivers, spiritual mentors, as well as parents themselves.