This online panel discussion, held on 15 July 2021, celebrated the publication of Dr Robbie Duschinsky and Sarah Foster’s new book, ‘Mentalising and Epistemic Trust: The work of Peter Fonagy and colleagues at the Anna Freud Centre’ and Dr Duschinsky’s 2020 work ‘Cornerstones of Attachment Research’.

The panel was Dr Chloe Campbell, Deputy Director of the Psychoanalysis Unit at UCL, Professor Pasco Fearon, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at University College London and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and Dr Peter Fuggle, Clinical Director of Clinical Services at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families.

The chair was Dr Dickon Bevington, Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the NHS, and Medical Director for Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families.

Researchers, practitioners and clinicians were at the webinar and each member of the panel discussed their reflections on the books.

Both books are open access titles which are free to download, published by OUP.

 

Download or order: Cornerstones of Attachment Research

Download or order: Mentalising and Epistemic Trust: The work of Peter Fonagy and colleagues at the Anna Freud Centre.

See more about the Wellcome-funded programme of research on the history of attachment research and its applications.