RESEARCH REFERENCES

To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage.
— W.R. Bion, quoted in Mitrani

Attachment and the Social Development of the Mind

Hesse, E., Main, M., Abrams, K. Y., & Rifkin, A. (2003). Unresolved states regarding loss or abuse can have “second generation” effects: Disorganization, role inversion, and frightening ideation in the offspring of traumatized, non-maltreating parents. In M.F. Solomon & D.J. Siegel (Eds.), Healing trauma: Attachment, mind, body and brain (pp. 57-106). New York: Norton.

Fosha, D. (2000). The transforming power of affect. New York: Basic Books.

Karen, R. (1998). Becoming attached: First relationships and how they shape our capacity to love. Oxford University Press.

Siegel, D. (2001). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. New York: The Guilford Press.

Jung

Ulanov, A. (1997). Jung and religion: the opposing Self. In P. Young-Eisendrath & T. Dawson (Eds.), The Cambridge companion to Jung (pp. 296-313). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Post-Traumatic Growth

Calhoun, L, & Tedeschi, R. (1999). Facilitating posttraumatic growth: A clinician’s guide. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Calhoun, L, & Tedeschi, R. (2001). Posttraumatic growth: The positive lessons of loss. In R. A. Neimeyer (Ed.) Meaning reconstruction and the experience of loss (pp. 157-172). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Tedeschi, R., & Calhoun, L. (1995). Trauma and transformation: Growing in the aftermath of suffering. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.