The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships Kindle Edition

Excellent product for the typical person to work on their issues of relationship. Not suited for someone with attachment issues stemming from severe childhood abuse. This book covers the secure, anxious, and avoidant attachment styles but doesn’t even mention the fourth: the disorganized/fearful-avoidant style that often arises in people who were raised by parents with a (cluster b) personality disordered. If your attachment issues are of this type, you’ll find some use from this book but you will want to access something that actually mentions and explains disorganized attachment.

I was hoping to use this book for some adult clients with attachment problems, but I felt the workbook was a little too elementary for my clients.

I am so impressed with this workbook - what a gem. This book breaks down attachment theory into pragmatic language and examples and has worthwhile scales and tools for assessment and really facilitates deep understanding and change for healthier personal functioning and relational dynamics. I am very impressed with this book and will use it personally and professionally in my own couples therapy practice. This author did an amazing job and I hope this resource gets all the positive praise and attention that it deserves.

This workbook is not only a simple, accessible, and approachable handbook, but is also very practical. Attachment theory and its implications for relationships is front and center and written about - and written for - those who care about dynamics in human relationships. This book will help readers pay closer attention to the relational curriculum that has formed them. As a somewhat seemingly superficial aside, part of the book's charm is its format, layout, font, and illustrations - each of which come in second behind its good content - but nonetheless, make the book both easy and appealing.

I stumbled upon this book while researching attachment theory workbooks and pre-ordered it immediately. I was SO happy with what arrived! Sleek cover, insightful content, and the exercises are AWESOME. My partner and I have been working through the book and it's been super helpful to identify and understand the impact of attachment types within our relationship. Buy it and *do the work* -- you won't regret it!

Oh my gosh this book is absolutely phenomenal. Of all the books that I purchased lately this is by far my favorite one. It's so well-written and so easy for me to understand as a fearful avoidant. Even though I already knew what I was it was really fun to take the tests just to see if I'd even progressed.The book hits you in the face with examples of things you never would have thought you were feeling, that will trigger memories but also speak to you in such a way that it's not to medical terminology. I think that anyone dealing with any kind of avoidance or even somebody who is dating a avoidant will really enjoy this book. I feel like I could hand this book to someone who's different for me and they could fill out different sections of the book and actually have a full book.This book gives me hope for the person I could be. I'll definitely be keeping it on my shelf to go back and read it a few more times. it even comes with blank extra pages so that you can redo all of your results over and over and over again I think I'm going to do it in a couple of months just to see how much I progress.My only advice is to take your time and read it slowly. I raced though it.I do agree with another (Mr. Logan) as a person who is a fearful avoidant with a cluster b parent it helped but I do think for our type another book will help more. I also had a harder time following because I've just come out of a relationship and am not in one currently. So some of the stuff was hard. It infact made me feel worse in many ways because I realized what I should have done. Which was buy this book BEFORE I messed up my last relationship.

Very helpful and informative book. The author is actually a LMFT (licensed marriage and family therapist), her name is Annie Chen. I really like how this isn’t just a book to read and take what you learn from it and that’s that but it’s an actual workbook with tons of effective tools and strategies that helps you to learn your own attachment style and offers an active approach to help you build close, healthy , long lasting relationships.

Several of my clients who deal with Attachment/Bonding needs have found this text quite helpful on a practical level and insight-producing as they work their way through the text or assigned chapters. I would have no problem using this text as an adjunctive book for university coursework.

Perhaps I should have paid more attention when I bought it but on receipt I disappointingly discovered that it doesn’t include disorganised attachment which is mainly what I wanted it for as I have clients with disorganised attachment. Rather surprised the book didn’t include this. Thought I would point this out so others aren’t disappointed. Other than that the book looks as if it has some useful exercises and is easy to read.

Not read all of it so far and bought on Kindle. Thinking of purchasing the book. Very interesting if you want to understand where almost 80% of your adulthood issues stem from.

This book is easy to use with clients and could be an aid to any therapists or supervisors as a reflective skills tool book. Excellent book

I haven't finished this yet but I am really enjoying using it and it's helping me become more self aware as well as recognizing it in my clients too. Would recommend this!

Rather lightweight