Ava's Bedside
Subtitle: Making Sense Through Attachment
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: March 2008
Place of publication: Morrisville, NC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781435707313
Copyright date: 2008
Notes: How many of us are fully making sense of our lives? Ava's Bedside introduces a fable in which a dying hippo struggles with this question. Through conversation with other hippos, she finally realizes what is missing from her life. This book also contains a detailed commentary on the fable. The commentary discusses the importance of secure child-parent attachment for a meaningful life, referring to ideas in attachment theory.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: The Story...................................................................1; title: Part 2: Commentary ...........................................................35; title: Introduction.................................................................................... 36; title: Meaningful Life and Close Relationships ................................... 38; title: Attachment Theory........................................................................ 40; title: Attachment Patterns ...................................................................... 44; title: Strange Situation............................................................................. 49; title: Attachment Continuity.................................................................. 51; title: Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) ............................................. 53; title: Critical Discussion of Attachment Theory................................. 57; title: Mechanisms Underlying Attachment.......................................... 60; title: Parenting.......................................................................................... 73; title: Other Close Relationships ............................................................ 82; title: Bereavement ................................................................................... 83; title: Attachment and Meaningful Life................................................. 84; title: Conclusion ...................................................................................... 90; title: Notes................................................................................................ 92; title: References ....................................................................................... 98; title: Postscript ...........................................................................103; title: Acknowledgments............................................................107; title: Index...................................................................................109