Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child’s Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore PDF
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ebook THE GUILFORD PRESS RAISING A SECURE CHILD Also Available For Professionals The Circle of Security Intervention: Enhancing Attachment in Early Parent–Child Relationships Bert Powell, Glen Cooper, Kent Hoffman, and Bob Marvin Visit the authors’ website, www.circleofsecurity.com, for more information. RAISING A SECURE CHILD How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child’s Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell, with Christine M. Benton Foreword by Daniel J. Siegel THE GUILFORD PRESS NEW YORK LONDON Copyright © 2017 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 370 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10001 www.guilford.com All rights reserved The information in this volume is not intended as a substitute for consultation with healthcare professionals. Each individual’s health concerns should be evaluated by a qualified professional. Except as indicated, no part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America This book is printed on acid-free paper. Last digit is print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the publisher. ISBN 978-1-4625-2763-2 (paper) ISBN 978-1-4625-2813-4 (hard) The drawings on pages 63, 68, 86, 164, 165, and 169 and the passages on pages 65, 127, 143–144, 145, 176–178, 183–186, 192–193, and 199–200 are copyright © 2016 Glen Cooper, Kent Hoffman, and Bert Powell, Circle of Security International. With respect and gratitude to Jude Cassidy, PhD— mentor, colleague, and friend CONTENTS Foreword ix Acknowledgments xii Authors’ Note xv Introduction 1 Part I ALL AROUND THE CIRCLE Understanding Attachment and the Importance of Security 1 Attachment: Why It Matters 11 2 Security: Befriending Imperfection 35 3 A Map for Attachment: The Circle of Security 58 4 Being the Hands on the Circle 83 5 Shark Music: How Our Childhood Echoes 115 in Our Parenting 6 Behavior as Communication: Cues and Miscues 146 vii viii Contents Part II CREATING AND MAINTAINING THE CIRCLE How to Be Bigger, Stronger, Wiser, and Kind— and Good Enough 7 Shark Bones: Exploring Our Core Sensitivities 181 8 Testing New Waters: Choosing Security 210 9 Staying Afl oat: Choosing Security Over and Over 239 as Your Child Grows Resources 265 Index 270 About the Authors 279 Purchasers of this book can download and print enlarged versions of the Shark Music Checklist and Your Core Sensitivity in Adult Relationships at wwwwwwwww...ggguuuiiilllfffooorrrddd...cccooommm///hhhoooffffffmmmaaannn222---fffooorrrmmmsss ffoorr ppeerrssoonnaall use or use with individual clients (see copyright page for details).
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