Introduction
1 The free energy principle
2 Psychoanalytic resonances
3 Relational neuroscience
4 Free energy and psychopathology
5 Uncoupling top-down/bottom-up automaticity
6 FEP and attachment
7 Therapeutic conversations
8 Practical implications for psychotherapists
Epilogue
Glossary of terms
Acknowledgements
References
Index

Jeremy Holmes MD was for 35 years a consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Psychotherapist at University College London and North Devon and chaired the psychotherapy faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 1998 to 2002. He co-founded the psychoanalytic psychotherapy programme at the University of Exeter, where he is Visiting Professor. His many publications include iJohn Bowlby and Attachment Theory, Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Attachment in Therapeutic Practice.