Cambridge Centre for Attachment

Resources

Introductory reading on the Meaning of the Child Interview, on attachment and caregiving, and on the use of attachment theory in the family courts. All are free to download.

Introductory reading

Beyond sensitivity: understanding caregiving compromises in adverse contexts — the best short introduction to what the MotC looks for, and to reading caregiving as adaptation to circumstance rather than as deficitGrey (2023), book chapter · PDF
The Meaning of the Child Interview: a new procedure for assessing parent-child relationships — the first published account of the method, its theoretical background and its validationGrey & Farnfield (2017), Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry · PDF
Attachment in adults: a useful concept in family court assessments? — what attachment theory can and cannot tell a court, and why it is not simply another word for the bond between parent and childGrey (2007), Seen and Heard · PDF
Meaning of the Child leaflet for professionals — a two-page summary of the interview, what it assesses and how a service might use itPDF

The first two are pre-publication versions, posted here because the published versions are behind a paywall. For the full list of work on the MotC, including open access articles, see the publications page or meaningofthechild.org.

Research and publications

Dr Grey's research is listed in full on the publications page, and on his University of Hertfordshire profile. Work on the Meaning of the Child Interview by other researchers, and the wider literature the method draws on, is collected at meaningofthechild.org.

Profiles and full curricula vitae for Dr Ben Grey and Juliet Kesteven can be downloaded from the trainers page.