A review by wordfey
The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships by Annie Chen
2.0
TLDR: It's a good book for folks who like a gentle, memory-intensive approach to attachment; it just didn't work for me.
This is a good introduction to attachment theory. I read it cover to cover, and did many of the exercises. Unfortunately, a large part of the book wasn't very helpful for me. Most of the exercises rely on "remember a time when." If you're the sort of person who has memory issues or who doesn't respond to the remember-when approach, this just stops everything dead in its tracks. I'd have preferred more issue-identifying and forward-thinking exercises. And while examples from the writer's practice are ok, I'd have also liked a bit more academic meat in there regarding data/studies.
This is a good introduction to attachment theory. I read it cover to cover, and did many of the exercises. Unfortunately, a large part of the book wasn't very helpful for me. Most of the exercises rely on "remember a time when." If you're the sort of person who has memory issues or who doesn't respond to the remember-when approach, this just stops everything dead in its tracks. I'd have preferred more issue-identifying and forward-thinking exercises. And while examples from the writer's practice are ok, I'd have also liked a bit more academic meat in there regarding data/studies.