6 Quotes & Sayings By John Bowlby

John Bowlby was born in London, England. His father, a psychiatrist, inspired him in childhood to make his interest in psychology an actual career. He obtained his BA in psychology at the University of London and his PhD at the London School of Economics. He joined the Tavistock Clinic in London to conduct clinical research into the causes of mental illness Read more

His theories of attachment and separation anxiety were published in 1939. From 1942 to 1946 he worked for the World Health Organization on post-war projects. During this time he was responsible for setting up the UK's first child guidance clinic and for overseeing child welfare services until 1951.

He went on to become Director of the National Institute for Social Research, which became part-time in 1960, and Professor of Social Psychology at Bedford College, London University. He died at his home in London on April 26, 1990.

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For to have a deep attachment for a person (or a place or thing) is to have taken them as the terminating object of our instinctual responses." Separation anxiety. International Journal of Psycho-Analysts, XLI, 1-25 (1959( John Bowlby
It will happen but it will take time.
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It will happen but it will take time. John Bowlby
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The stark nakedness and simplicity of the conflict with which humanity is oppressed - that of getting angry with and wishing to hurt the very person who is most loved. John Bowlby
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Young children, who for whatever reason are deprived of the continuous care and attention of a mother or a substitute-mother, are not only temporarily disturbed by such deprivation, but may in some cases suffer long-term effects which persist Bowlby, J., Ainsworth, M., Boston, M., and Rosenbluth, D. (1956). The effects of mother-child separation: A follow-up study. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 29, 211-249. . John Bowlby
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It was regarded as almost outside the proper interest of an analyst to give systematic attention to a person's real experiences. John Bowlby