Using Psychoanalytic Techniques to Transform the Attachment Relationship to God: Our Refuge and Strength...

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Geoff Goodman (Emory University, Georgia, USA)

Using Psychoanalytic Techniques to Transform the Attachment Relationship to God

Our Refuge and Strength

Geoff Goodman (Emory University, Georgia, USA)

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Routledge
07 May 2025

Counselling & advice services; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Psychotherapy

Using Psychoanalytic Techniques to Transform the Attachment Relationship to God demonstrates how clinicians can use Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy (AIP) to enhance clients’ understanding of their relationship to God and significant others.

Geoff Goodman discusses four distinct attachment relationships to the God of personal spiritual experience and explains the implications for working with clients in psychotherapy. By asking how therapists can work through clients’ attachment relationship to God as a displacement of their attachment relationships to parents, and how therapists can work through clients’ attachment relationships to parents as a displacement of their attachment relationship to God, this book provides unique insight into the therapeutic process. Goodman’s objective is to enable clinicians to transform these attachment relationships, restoring wholeness and unity—a crucial treatment goal of AIP.

This book will be a valuable resource for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, marriage and family therapists, and pastoral counsellors in practice and in training.

By: Geoff Goodman (Emory University Georgia USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781032913704
ISBN 10: 1032913703
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 07 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Section I. Attachment Theory and Attachment to God Chapter 2. Getting Attached to Attachment Theory: A Brief Overview Chapter 3. Attachment to God: Four Attachment Relationship Patterns Section II. Applying Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy to Transform the Attachment Relationship to God Chapter 4. Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy: Addressing Attachment to God Through the Therapeutic Relationship Chapter 5. The Therapist’s Secure Base Provision and the Patient’s Underlying Attachment Needs Chapter 6. Interaction Structures Formed by Therapist and Patient Secondary Attachment Strategies Chapter 7. Final Thoughts on Transforming Attachment Relationships to God Author Index Subject Index

Geoff Goodman is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Emory University School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Psychology and Spiritual Care in the Emory University Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He holds board certifications in clinical psychology and psychoanalysis from the American Board of Professional Psychology.

Reviews for Using Psychoanalytic Techniques to Transform the Attachment Relationship to God: Our Refuge and Strength

“Drawing from psychological attachment theory and pastoral care theology, “Our Refuge and Strength: Using Psychoanalytic Techniques to Transform the Attachment Relationship to God” is the best integration of psychology and spirituality to date. Moreover, the author’s insightful case studies demonstrate the mysterious dynamics of moving from theory to practice. All readers, from seasoned professional therapists to aspiring student chaplains, will treasure Goodman’s book.” – John Snarey, Franklin N. Parker Professor Emeritus, Emory University “With his landmark achievement Our Refuge and Strength: Transforming Attachment to the Living God, Dr. Goodman provides key extensions to previous research on the attachment-religion connection. He takes this work to the therapy room as well as to flesh and blood of lived experience – his own and that of important historical figures. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which is a must-read for anyone interested in the attachment-religion connection.” – Pehr Granqvist, The Eneroth Professor of Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Stockholm University