Description
The Circle of Security Intervention
Book Summary
This work presents an exhaustive overview of the Circle of Security intervention model, an approach based on attachment theory designed to strengthen the bond between parents and children. The authors, creators of this method, offer a practical and research-based guide for mental health and education professionals to help families build secure relationships. The reader will find concrete tools to evaluate, understand, and repair parental dynamics, promoting the child's healthy emotional development and long-term family resilience.
What is it about?
The book develops the Circle of Security intervention protocol, a program designed to support parents and caregivers in understanding and responding to their children's attachment needs. Through a solid theoretical framework, the authors explain how early caregiving experiences shape a child's emotional security. The work describes the evaluation process using the "Circle Map," which identifies a child's needs to explore and to seek refuge in the attachment figure. Furthermore, it details strategies to help parents recognize their own struggles and inherited patterns, guiding them toward more sensitive and effective parenting. Clinical cases, dialogue examples, and guidelines for implementing the model in different therapeutic and educational contexts are included.
Key Themes
- Attachment theory applied to clinical and educational intervention.
- Circle of Security model: exploration and safe haven.
- Assessment of attachment quality and parental dynamics.
- Strategies to repair ruptures in the parent-child relationship.
- Managing parental struggles and inherited caregiving patterns.
- Promotion of resilience and childhood emotional well-being.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, family therapists, early childhood educators, and any professional working directly with families and young children. It is also of great value to graduate students in clinical psychology, early childhood education, or social intervention who wish to be trained in an evidence-based intervention model. Parents and caregivers with a deep interest in their children's emotional development may find useful information, although the primary focus is professional.
What this book provides
- Provides a comprehensive and validated theoretical-practical framework for intervening in the attachment bond.
- Offers assessment tools and concrete intervention strategies applicable in clinical sessions and family support programs.
- Helps professionals understand and address the underlying causes of behavioral and emotional regulation problems in childhood.
- Facilitates training in an approach that promotes lasting changes in family dynamics and child mental health.
- Includes practical cases and examples that illustrate the application of the model in real situations.
Technical Specifications
- Authors: Powell, Bert; Cooper, Glen; Hoffman, Kent; Marvin, Bob
- Publisher: Editorial Eleftheria
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES, FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
- Collection: ELEFTHERIA
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition date: February 2019
- Number of pages: 436
- Weight: 930 g
Editorial Review
This work is presented as an essential reference manual for any professional wishing to incorporate the Circle of Security model into their practice. Its value lies in the solidity of its theoretical base, combined with an eminently practical and applied orientation. The book stands out for its clarity of exposition and the depth with which it addresses both assessment and intervention, offering a complete resource for working with families in vulnerable situations or with attachment difficulties. It is a high-quality training tool that meets a growing need in the field of child mental health and early intervention.