Disorganized attachment has become a concept that is both used and misunderstood in the professional field, which greatly limits the understanding of the great potential that the phenomenon of disorganization has for work in psychotherapy. This book revisits the concept in depth and returns to the original path in its study: attachment disorganization reflects the functional limits of individual and dyadic experiential processing strategies built throughout development. From this starting point, unfounded myths are dismantled and the evolutionary paths with the greatest risk are outlined, starting from disorganization in early childhood, those that entail greater bonding difficulties and problems in the constitution of individual regulation and processing capacities. A tentative map of the relationship between attachment, personality and psychopathology is proposed, as well as a practical guide to the principles of intervention and adjustments in psychotherapy with adults, which strategically guide the process and favor both the bond and the ability to integrate.

Nacho Serván (Madrid, 1971) is a specialist in clinical psychology, psychotherapist and supervisor accredited by the Spanish Association of Constructivist Psychotherapies (ASEPCO). He is trained in integrative psychotherapy and is particularly interested in cognitive-constructivist models, humanistic psychotherapies, and attachment theory. He has combined work in intensive treatment units integrated into public health with care in private practice and collaborates as a teacher in the national health system and in various postgraduate courses.