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List of contents
1. Transference and countertransference from an attachment perspective: introducing the idea of a keystone system within the dynamic organisation of the self
2. The dynamics of attachment in adult life
3. One's home base: the keystone system to be addressed as the source of the transference
4. One's affectionate careseeking self:
the keystone system as the source of the transference
5. One's defensive self: the keystone system as the source of the transference
6. One's internal environment: the keystone system as the source of the transference: an exploration of lack of personal narrative and the presentation of psychosomatic symptoms
7. Early misattunements re-enacted in a group context: regulating virulence in the transference and countertransference from an attachment perspective
8. When one's caregiving self is the keystone system. an exploration of data from McCluskey's work with over 800 professional caregivers who explored the dynamics of attachment in their own lives
9. Locating exploratory goal-corrected psychotherapy (EGCP), a new model of attachment-based practice within the tradition of Fairbairnian object relations and the neuroscience relational psychotherapy of today
About the author
Una McCluskey is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of York. She is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, a trainer, consultant, researcher and supervisor. She developed and rated the concept of 'goal-corrected empathic attunement' (GCEA), a key factor in the therapeutic alliance and essential in regulating both careseeking and fear. She has developed a model of psychotherapeutic practice based on the dynamics of attachment in adult life, called exploratory goal-corrected psychotherapy (EGCP). This model is relevant to individual, group, and organizational development. She has an international reputation in the attachment field and has developed a community of professionals who are trained and experienced in the practice of EGCP. She has published widely in the field.
Michael O 'Toole is a Registered Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist. Michael works in private practice in the west of Ireland. He has taught and lectured for many years in the University of Limerick and is currently offering the model presented in this book to trainees at the Bowlby Centre in London. He has published papers exploring clinical dilemmas in the field of attachment.
