Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The Role of Attachment in Abuse -- 1 Beginnings: Self-Building, Abuse, and Treatment -- 2 The Experience of Attachment -- 3 Attachment Abuse: Why We Hurt the Ones We Love -- 4 Pathways to Abuse: Deficits in Attachment Skills and Affect Regulation -- 5 A New Response for Clinicians in the Prevention of Emotional Abuse and Violence -- 6 Compassion and Therapeutic Morality -- Part II: Treating Attachment Abuse -- 7 The Compassion Workshop, Module One: Healing -- 8 The Compassion Workshop, Module Two: Dramatic Compassion -- 9 The Compassion Workshop, Module Three: Self-Empowerment -- Module Four: Empowerment of Loved Ones -- 10 The Compassion Workshop, Module Five: Negotiating Attachment Relationships -- Module Six: Moving Toward the Future -- Epilogue -- References -- Appendix A. Pilot Evaluation of the Compassion Workshop -- Appendix B. The Attachment Compassion Scale -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.