Bonding in Therapy and Counselling

Bonding in Therapy and Counselling

A resource-oriented approach for dealing with children

• up-to-date picture of the subject
• concrete application in practice


Bonding is a basic psychic need and serves to maintain and restore emotional stability. If there are disturbances in the bond between parent and child, these could lead to mental impairment and disorders. Lilith König describes what bonding means as a psychological construct, what types of bonding there are and how they are diagnosed. The way they are applied in psychotherapeutic practice is also presented.

Contents
Bonding as a psychological construct • bonding diagnostics • What information can be drawn from the various ways of bonding for psychological practice? • bonding disorganisation • bonding and trauma • bonding disorders • conclusions for psychological practice


Target group
Child and adolescent psychotherapists and psychiatrists, family and development psychologists, educational counselling centres