Bowlby, the Robertsons, War and the Birth of Attachment Theory

Bowlby, the Robertsons, War and the Birth of Attachment Theory

with Mario Marrone (UK) and Nicola Diamond (UK)

Facilitated by Javier Sempere & Claudio Fuenzalida (Spain)

🗓️ Day 1 of an 11-Day Seminar Series:Families in Context of War and Social Conflict: Through the Lens of Attachment

🌍 A Transformational Seminar Series for:

• Therapists
• Mental Health Professionals
• Humanitarian Workers

This powerful series explores how attachment theory provides insight into the impact of war, displacement, and social conflict on individuals and families.

✅ In This Session, You Will:

• Learn trauma-informed, attachment-based frameworks
• Build culturally sensitive tools for high-stress environments
• Understand the effects of displacement, violence, and instability on family dynamics
• Equip yourself to support resilience and connection in the face of crisis

🕒 Schedule:

• 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM: Lecture
• 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Break
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Facilitated Discussion Group

🎙️ About the Speakers:

Dr Mario Marrone (UK) was formerly a hospital psychiatrist in the National Health Service (UK). Currently, he is a psychotherapist in private practice. He qualified as a medical doctor at the National University of Rosario (Argentina), trained in group analysis at the Institute of Group Analysis (London), in psychodrama in Buenos Aires and in psychoanalysis at the Institute of Psychoanalysis (London). He has also trained in family therapy, tantra and meditation in the UK. He has participated in multifamily therapy groups in (Elche) Spain. He has extensive experience in treating a variety of psychological, emotional and relational difficulties. He trained in attachment theory and its clinical applications in London (having been a direct disciple of John Bowlby at the Tavistock Clinic) and published and lectured internationally and extensively on the subject. He is a founder member and active member of the International Attachment Network and the Journal Attachment and Human Development. In recent years, he has become very interested in Functional Medicine and healthy lifestyle. In this way, he is integrating his psychoanalytic and psychodynamic knowledge with his medical background and a holistic view of psychosocial and psychosomatic issues. Currently, he offers individual therapy online. He also offers clinical supervision for psychotherapists. He lives between the UK and Spain. https://www.mariomarrone.com/en/

Dr Nicola Diamond was a Senior Lecturer in Psychosocial Studies, University of East London, and teacher at the Tavistock Clinic. She is also a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist (BPC reg). She runs a private practice. Previously worked as a psychotherapist for The Helen Bamber Foundation (for survivors of torture and trauma) and at the Women’s Therapy Centre in London. She is the author of Between Skins: The Body in Psychoanalysis -Contemporary Developments; Wiley &Sons (2013) and co-author of Attachment and Intersubjectivity with Mario Marrone; Whurrs publisher (2003). Recent journal and chapter publications include,’ Between Bodies: Working on the Liminal Zone with Traumatised clients ‘( co-authored with P,Valerio) and ‘A case of Mistaken Identity: Countertransference and Multiple Dissociation’ ( co-authored with M.Marrone) in book Introduction to countertransference < A myriad of mirrors’ Ed Valerio,P .Routledge, Taylor&Francis (2018) ‘Exploring Some Vicissitudes of Feminine Sexuality’ in Free Associations (2013), The Body and Film: Estranged Body States – A Case of das Unheimlich, Journal of Psychosocial Studies(2013), ‘Between the Body and Social Trauma: Working with the Aftermath of Torture’ in the book, Emotion:Psychosocial Perspectives, Eds: Sclater & Jones atal Palgrave(2009); ‘Between Touches’ in Dialogues on Touch in the Psychoanalytic Space,Ed: Galton Karnac, (2007), ‘When Thought is not Enough’ in book How Does Therapy work, Karnac, Ed: Ryan(2005) and ‘Attachment Trauma and the Body’ in Attachment theory and the psychoanalytic Process, Eds: Cortina &Marrone, Whurr (2002).

https://www.drnicoladiamond.com/

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