Richard Bowlby, Peter Fonagy, Mary Main, Allan Schore, Dan Siegel, L. Alan Sroufe and Daniel Stern provide a cutting-edge view from researchers and clinicians who are leaders in the integration of knowledge about how early childhood attachment experiences affect the mind, the brain, and developmental processes. These perspectives provide the “basic science” of the developing mind that enables the psychotherapist to understand clinical work and treatment strategies in a comprehensive and in-depth manner.

 See the potential “shift” in our thinking about the processes of human development and psychological healing within therapeutic relationships.