The Search for the Secure Base: Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy

By J. Holmes. 2001

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Fears of compassion: development of three self-report measures. (2011, background): “The importance of understanding how the attachment system is regulated, how it underpins psychopathology and can be a focus within psychotherapy, has been central to a number of therapies (e.g., Holmes, 2001; Wallin, 2007).”
Attachment in Coping with Bereavement: A Theoretical Integration (2005, background): “If, for example, disclosure to others were to take place, this would be as Holmes (2001) described: “During discussions of loss [the disorganized (fearful)] individual shows [a] striking lapse in the monitoring of reasoning or discourse. . . . [The] individual may lapse into prolonged silence or…”
Compassionate mind training for people with high shame and self‐criticism: overview and pilot study of a group therapy approach (2006, background): “Although many therapies rely on the therapeutic relationship as being a source for such internalization (Holmes, 2001) and of articulating, mirroring and validating patient’s emotional experiences (Leahy, 2005; Linehan, 1993), CMT invites people to create their own images of warmth.”