The Milan Seminar Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory

This edited book contains a hitherto unpublished seminar held by the author in Milan, Italy in 1985. The seminar is preceded by a foreword by Kate White, of the Bowlby Centre, and by an introduction by the editor, Marco Bacciagaluppi. The introduction contains excerpts from unpublished correspondence between the author and the editor, carried out over a span of eight years, between 1982 and 1990. After the seminar there are the follow-ups of the three cases presented by Leopolda Pelizzaro, Ferruccio Osimo and Emilia Fumagalli, and a report by Germana Agnetti and Angelo Barbato, who gave hospitality to the author and his wife. This is followed by a contribution by Ferruccio Osimo on experiential dynamic psychotherapy, an application of attachment theory, with a long case study. At the end there are some concluding remarks by the editor.

Series Editor’s Foreword , Foreword , Introduction and correspondence , General discussion , First case presentation: Medusa the revolutionary , Discussion of first case presentation , Second case presentation: the boarding school boy , Discussion of second case presentation , Third case presentation: the case of Adriana , Discussion of third case presentation , Conclusion of the seminar , Follow-up of first case presented , Follow-up of second case presented , Surprisingly simple: planning the seminar , A strange guest at our house. The encounter with Bowlby in 1985 viewed in retrospect , Experiential–dynamic psychotherapy: a therapeutic application of attachment theory , Concluding remarks

John Bowlby