Böcker av Jean Mercer

In this book, Jean Mercer evaluates a series of unconventional and potentially harmful psychological treatments that are rarely mentioned in the profession's literature. Mercer guides readers to an understanding of alternative psychotherapies that will help them advise clients with respect to existing and newly-emerging unconventional treatments.

Candace Newmaker was an adopted girl whose mother felt the child suffered from an emotional disorder that prevented loving attachment.

Defines attachment and related terms, discusses its history, and describes ways in which it can be measured. This book explains developmental change, and the way attachment continues to alter. It will be useful to parents, child care providers, teachers, nurses, social workers, attorneys, therapists, students, and counsellors.