Treating Attachment Abuse

Emphasizing the importance of compassion for the abused and the abuser, this manual provides treatment modules designed to teach the perpetrators and the victims how to cope with their feelings and to end attachment abuse. It is aimed at psychotherapists, group therapists, social workers, and counselors working with abusive clients and victims.

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Attachment abuse can involve both physical and emotional violence between people in close relationships, which includes couples, parents and their children, and adult children and their aging parents, among others. Attachment abusers blame their victims for their own feelings of shame, inadequacy, or inability to love. Dr. Stosny's innovative and integrative approach to the treatment of attachment abuse emphasizes the importance of compassion for both the abused and the abuser. This hands-on manual provides a series of treatment modules designed to teach the perpetrators and the victims how to cope with their feelings and to end attachment abuse. This volume will be of interest to psychotherapists, group therapists, social workers, and counselors working with abusive clients and their victims.