Secure Attachment: Our Primal Need
By Dr. Harry Edhouse
The fundamental importance of secure attachment between mother and child lies at the heart of this book. Forming a secure attachment is not a parenting preference or modern ideal, but a biological and psychological necessity in human development.
This book is based on the writings and teachings of Dr. Harry Edhouse, a child psychiatrist, psychologist and educator whose work influenced generations of families over more than fifty years of clinical practice. Drawing on developmental psychology and decades of observation, Secure Attachment: Our Primal Need traces how early relational experiences shape emotional life, family dynamics and adult relationships.
It is an invitation to understand human development with clarity, compassion and responsibility; beginning where it matters most.
Dr. Harry Edhouse (1924 - 2013)
MB., BS., B.Sc., (Hons.) FRANZCP, MAPS Child and Family Psychiatrist, Psychologist and Educator
Dr. Harry’s Story
‘Harry attended Medical School at Melbourne University, graduating in the early 1950’s and went on to study Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry and eventually also gaining a Bachelor of Science in Psychology while working as a Psychiatrist in Perth. He then went on to become the head of the Department of Child Psychiatry at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital in the early 1960′s. Later becoming the Medical Director of the Mothers and Babies Health Association in Adelaide in the early 1970′s. He also worked in Private Practice in both Adelaide and Melbourne. Harry finally retired after fifty six years of medical service in 2009 and relocated to Adelaide.
It is difficult to calculate or fully comprehend the enormous contribution made by Harry to tens of thousands of Australian families and individuals who came to him for treatment or counselling, or of the teaching programs he set up.
We hope you enjoy the book. It is essential reading for people who are serious about understanding the causes behind the now popular field of attachment theory.
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