Jeremy Holmes

Jeremy Holmes is a British psychiatrist, born in London in 1943.^[1] He trained at Cambridge University and University College London. He currently practices as a Consultant Psychotherapist in North Devon. He also holds the post of Visiting Professor at University College London (UCL) and was Senior Clinical Research Fellow at Peninsula Medical School until 2003.^[2]

He is the author of a number of books including:

• John Bowlby and Attachment Theory. Routledge. 1993. ISBN 9780415077293.
• The Search for the Secure Base: Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy. 2001.
• Exploring in Security. 2010. - winner of the 2010 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Scholarship - A book which attempts to bring together attachment theory and modern psychoanalytical theory and demonstrate how attachment theory can be used in psychotherapeutic practice.^[3]

He also co-wrote The Values of Psychotherapy (Studies in Bioethics) with R.D. Hinshelwood, and Richard Lindley.

References

1. "Rewards and punishments: Review of 'The Values of Psychotherapy' by Jeremy Holmes and Richard Lindley". New Scientist. Retrieved 2010-09-04. (subscription required (help)).
2. Fannon, D. (2003). "Jeremy Holmes". The Psychiatric Bulletin (interview) (Royal College of Psychiatrists) 27 (12): 480. doi:10.1192/pb.27.12.480.
3. "Exploring in Security". routledge.com (publisher's book description).