23 Books like Separation

The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds

by John Bowlby • 1979

Attachment is not learned dependency but an evolved instinct; early disruption shapes a lifetime.

4.06

383

🧩 Attachment Theory 👶 Developmental Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds Summary

The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds 99%

Attachment is not learned dependency but an evolved instinct; early disruption shapes a lifetime.

by John Bowlby 1979

4.06

383 ratings

🧩 Attachment Theory 👶 Developmental Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

John Bowlby and Attachment Theory

by Jeremy Holmes • 1993

Why a child's bond with a caregiver is a biological drive, not a learned habit.

4.21

219

🧸 Attachment Theory 👶 Child Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

John Bowlby and Attachment Theory Summary

John Bowlby and Attachment Theory 98%

Why a child's bond with a caregiver is a biological drive, not a learned habit.

by Jeremy Holmes 1993

4.21

219 ratings

🧸 Attachment Theory 👶 Child Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

A General Theory of Love

by Thomas Lewis • 2000

The limbic brain runs your love life, and it cannot be reached with words.

4.10

5k+

📎 Attachment Theory 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Social Connection

A General Theory of Love 96%

The limbic brain runs your love life, and it cannot be reached with words.

by Thomas Lewis 2000

4.10

5k+ ratings

📎 Attachment Theory 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Social Connection

How to Develop Emotional Health

by Oliver James • 2014

Your emotional wiring was installed in childhood. Insight, not motivation, is how you rewire it.

3.56

1k+

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory 👶 Inner Child

How to Develop Emotional Health 95%

Your emotional wiring was installed in childhood. Insight, not motivation, is how you rewire it.

by Oliver James 2014

3.56

1k+ ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory 👶 Inner Child

Mentalizing in Clinical Practice

by Jon G. Allen • 2008

All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.

4.31

🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Social Cognition 🌊 Affect Regulation

Mentalizing in Clinical Practice Summary

Mentalizing in Clinical Practice 95%

All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.

by Jon G. Allen 2008

4.31

39 ratings

🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Social Cognition 🌊 Affect Regulation

The Power of Discord

by Ed Tronick • 2020

Seventy percent of interactions are out of sync, and that mismatch fuels intimacy and trust.

4.14

320

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🔧 Rupture And Repair 🫂 Co-Regulation

The Power of Discord 95%

Seventy percent of interactions are out of sync, and that mismatch fuels intimacy and trust.

by Ed Tronick 2020

4.14

320 ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🔧 Rupture And Repair 🫂 Co-Regulation

Trauma, Bonding & Family Constellations

by Franz Ruppert • 2005

Emotional bonding is how trauma travels from parent to child. Family constellations map the route.

4.06

262

🫂 Trauma Therapy 🔗 Attachment Theory 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Systems

Trauma, Bonding & Family Constellations Summary

Trauma, Bonding & Family Constellations 95%

Emotional bonding is how trauma travels from parent to child. Family constellations map the route.

by Franz Ruppert 2005

4.06

262 ratings

🫂 Trauma Therapy 🔗 Attachment Theory 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Systems

Theraplay

by Phyllis B. Booth • 1998

A therapy that builds secure bonds through sensory play, nurture, and gentle risk-taking.

4.37

112

🔗 Attachment Theory 🧸 Play Therapy 🤱 Parent-Child Bonding

Theraplay 94%

A therapy that builds secure bonds through sensory play, nurture, and gentle risk-taking.

by Phyllis B. Booth 1998

4.37

112 ratings

🔗 Attachment Theory 🧸 Play Therapy 🤱 Parent-Child Bonding

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

by Bruce D. Perry • 2007

A boy raised with dogs: how a child psychiatrist learned to heal trauma's deepest wounds.

4.58

42k+

🧠 Child Psychology 🧒 Developmental Trauma 🩺 Trauma-Informed Care

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog 94%

A boy raised with dogs: how a child psychiatrist learned to heal trauma's deepest wounds.

by Bruce D. Perry 2007

4.58

42k+ ratings

🧠 Child Psychology 🧒 Developmental Trauma 🩺 Trauma-Informed Care

The New Rules of Attachment

by Judy Ho • 2024

Your attachment style doesn't just shape your relationships; it caps your vision of what's possible.

4.26

204

🧠 Attachment Theory 👥 Adult Attachment 💔 Inner Child Healing

The New Rules of Attachment 94%

Your attachment style doesn't just shape your relationships; it caps your vision of what's possible.

by Judy Ho 2024

4.26

204 ratings

🧠 Attachment Theory 👥 Adult Attachment 💔 Inner Child Healing

Scattered Minds

by Gabor Maté • 1999

ADD begins in relationship, not genes. What attachment breaks, connection can repair.

4.28

21k+

🧠 Attention Deficit Disorder 👶 Attachment Theory 🌱 Childhood Development

Scattered Minds 94%

ADD begins in relationship, not genes. What attachment breaks, connection can repair.

by Gabor Maté 1999

4.28

21k+ ratings

🧠 Attention Deficit Disorder 👶 Attachment Theory 🌱 Childhood Development

Condenados a entendernos

by Arun Mansukhani • 2023

Independence is a myth. Rewire your social brain for relationships that actually last.

4.42

🧸 Attachment Theory 🤝 Interdependence 💖 Emotional Regulation

Condenados a entendernos 94%

Independence is a myth. Rewire your social brain for relationships that actually last.

by Arun Mansukhani 2023

4.42

95 ratings

🧸 Attachment Theory 🤝 Interdependence 💖 Emotional Regulation

The Emotional Life of the Toddler

by Alicia F. Lieberman • 1993

A toddler's emotional logic: why they push away and pull close in the same breath.

3.97

1k+

👶 Toddler Development 💗 Emotional Development 🧠 Attachment Theory

The Emotional Life of the Toddler Summary

The Emotional Life of the Toddler 94%

A toddler's emotional logic: why they push away and pull close in the same breath.

by Alicia F. Lieberman 1993

3.97

1k+ ratings

👶 Toddler Development 💗 Emotional Development 🧠 Attachment Theory

Raising a Secure Child

by Kent Hoffman • 2017

Why your child's needs sometimes set off your alarms, and a visual roadmap for responding better.

4.22

2k+

🔬 Attachment Theory 🧸 Secure Attachment 💞 Emotional Attunement

Raising a Secure Child 94%

Why your child's needs sometimes set off your alarms, and a visual roadmap for responding better.

by Kent Hoffman 2017

4.22

2k+ ratings

🔬 Attachment Theory 🧸 Secure Attachment 💞 Emotional Attunement

Secure Relating

by Sue Marriott • 2024

Why you shut down, lash out, or cling: a guide to staying steady in any relationship.

4.39

307

🧠 Attachment Theory 🧬 Polyvagal Theory 🩹 Trauma Healing

Secure Relating 94%

Why you shut down, lash out, or cling: a guide to staying steady in any relationship.

by Sue Marriott 2024

4.39

307 ratings

🧠 Attachment Theory 🧬 Polyvagal Theory 🩹 Trauma Healing

Helping Baby Sleep

by Anni Gethin • 2009

Night waking kept primate babies alive for 35 million years. Your baby's brain hasn't caught up.

3.56

👶 Attachment Parenting 🌙 Gentle Sleep 🤝 Responsive Parenting

Helping Baby Sleep 94%

Night waking kept primate babies alive for 35 million years. Your baby's brain hasn't caught up.

by Anni Gethin 2009

3.56

78 ratings

👶 Attachment Parenting 🌙 Gentle Sleep 🤝 Responsive Parenting

What Is Psychotherapy?

by The School of Life • 2019

Your flaws are not character defects but childhood survival strategies. How therapy rewrites them.

4.00

342

🧘 Emotional Healing 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Attachment Theory

What Is Psychotherapy? 94%

Your flaws are not character defects but childhood survival strategies. How therapy rewrites them.

by The School of Life 2019

4.00

342 ratings

🧘 Emotional Healing 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Power of Showing Up

by Daniel J. Siegel • 2020

A child's future depends less on discipline or education than on a parent's consistent presence.

4.27

6k+

🔗 Attachment Theory 🛡️ Secure Attachment 🌊 Emotional Regulation

The Power of Showing Up 94%

A child's future depends less on discipline or education than on a parent's consistent presence.

by Daniel J. Siegel 2020

4.27

6k+ ratings

🔗 Attachment Theory 🛡️ Secure Attachment 🌊 Emotional Regulation

Brain-Based Parenting

by Daniel A. Hughes • 2012

Parental stress physically blocks the ability to bond. A four-part practice for restoring it.

4.28

158

🧩 Attachment Parenting 🧠 Neuroscience Of Parenting ❤️‍🩹 Trauma-Informed Parenting

Brain-Based Parenting 94%

Parental stress physically blocks the ability to bond. A four-part practice for restoring it.

by Daniel A. Hughes 2012

4.28

158 ratings

🧩 Attachment Parenting 🧠 Neuroscience Of Parenting ❤️‍🩹 Trauma-Informed Parenting

Hold On to Your Kids

by Gordon Neufeld • 2004

When friends matter more than parents, curiosity fades and aggression rises. The way back.

4.15

12k+

🧸 Attachment Parenting 👥 Peer Influence 🌱 Child Development

Hold On to Your Kids 94%

When friends matter more than parents, curiosity fades and aggression rises. The way back.

by Gordon Neufeld 2004

4.15

12k+ ratings

🧸 Attachment Parenting 👥 Peer Influence 🌱 Child Development

Master Your Attachment Style

by Scott A Young • 2021

Four ways people push love away. Learn yours, leverage its hidden strengths, and stop the pattern.

4.10

143

🧩 Attachment Theory ❤️ Relationship Psychology 🩹 Healing From Childhood Trauma

Master Your Attachment Style 94%

Four ways people push love away. Learn yours, leverage its hidden strengths, and stop the pattern.

by Scott A Young 2021

4.10

143 ratings

🧩 Attachment Theory ❤️ Relationship Psychology 🩹 Healing From Childhood Trauma

Why We Love

by Anna Machin • 2022

Love is a survival system, not a feeling. Romantic love is its rarest and strangest form.

3.72

205

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory 💑 Relationship Science

Why We Love 94%

Love is a survival system, not a feeling. Romantic love is its rarest and strangest form.

by Anna Machin 2022

3.72

205 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory 💑 Relationship Science

Attachment-Focused EMDR

by Laurel Parnell • 2013

EMDR for attachment wounds takes more: resource the client, find the root, let relationship rebuild.

4.49

306

🧒 Attachment Theory 👁️ Emdr Therapy 🌱 Developmental Trauma

Attachment-Focused EMDR 94%

EMDR for attachment wounds takes more: resource the client, find the root, let relationship rebuild.

by Laurel Parnell 2013

4.49

306 ratings

🧒 Attachment Theory 👁️ Emdr Therapy 🌱 Developmental Trauma

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