BOOKS

Dr. Goodman published his first book, The Internal World and Attachment (The Analytic Press), in December of 2002. On April 27, 2006, Long Island University awarded Dr. Goodman the Trustees Award for Scholarly Achievement for his book. You can order this book at www.analyticpress.com.

Just some of the reviews for The Internal World and Attachment::

"This book is a recent effort to bring clarity and integration to two fields that deal with our inner lives and intimacy, attachment theory and object relations. Its author, is systematic, summarizing briefly both fields and then both fields' views of each other--points of comparison and contrast. He rises to the challenge that to integrate libido theory and attachment. His book is an exhaustive summary of the literature in these areas. The strength of this book is its completeness, that is, the author's detailed review of the literature. It will be a boon to those who seek a careful assessment of previous writings in attachment theory, and in object relations theory particularly. The author is bold enough to design a table demonstrating the integration of object representations and self-representations in the first year of life. Overall, this book is a scholarly review of the literature, with proposed theories that are amenable to empirical study. Those looking for a fine review of attachment literature and of related psychoanalytic literature will find it here. Such knowledge strengthens our clinical abilities." Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Vol. 74(3), Jul 2005.

"Goodman argues that contemporary object relations theory, with its emphasis on object representations organized within a psychic structure, can be profitably integrated with attachment theory's Internal Working Models, with their emphasis on external reality and defensive exclusion. "The Internal World and Attachment" attempts to go beyond the researcher's view of attachment as a motivational system oriented principally to cues in the external world. For Goodman, attachment is informed by an internal logic that reflects fantasy and defense, and an appreciation of the interaction of attachment style with various constellations of self and object representations can deepen our understanding of the internal world in clinically consequential ways. Case material drawn from work with adults, children, and mother-child pairs demonstrates Goodman's claims and underscores the clinically grounded nature of his integrative project." Family Therapy, Vol. 32(1), 2005.

"In the ferment of activity aroused by the advent of attachment theory, its adoption by psychoanalysis has been dogged by some complex and difficult theoretical issues. One of these is the relation between attachment theory detailing the complexities and variants of mother–child interaction and object relations accounts
of the same phenomena. Goodman deals with and develops these issues with sophistication and vigor. The relation between mother and child in the early phases of development was prime ground for object relations theorizing,at least in the beginning, and was elaborated into a theory embracing the full scope of human relationships. Attachment research has brought another degreeof specificity and detailed analysis to this area of thinking about relationships and relatedness analytically. Goodman’s objective is to rationalize and integrate
object relational and attachment constructs into a coherent theoretical account.
He reviews the history of both theories, focusing particularly on the nature of object representations, on the one hand, and the nature of internal working models, on the other. He develops an integrated model and spells out
its implications both theoretically and clinically. Additional chapters touch on intergenerational transmission and the connection of libido theory with attachment, both theoretically and clinically." Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Vol. 69(1), Winter 2005.

His next book will be titled, Transforming the Internal World and Attachment (Jason Aronson). You will be able to order this book at www.romanlittlefield.com