Part 1: The Conceptual Base for a Theory of Companionable Caregiving. A Caregiving Focus to an Extension of Attachment Theory. Caregiving from an Evolutionary Perspective. Human Non-verbal and Symbolic Communication and Two Alternative Patterns of Relating. Bowlby's Model for Instinctive Behaviour - Based on the Concept of Goal Corrected Behavioural Systems. Extensions to Bowlby's Model of Instinctive Behaviour. The Emergence of High Level Systems of the Self. Part 2: The Construction of a Theory of Companionable Caregiving. Catagorising the Functions of Instinctive Systems of the Self with Comments on their Development. From Behavioural Systems to Adult Relationships by Way of Internal Working Models. How Values are Acquired and Assigned to Oneself, People and Other Entities. Implicit Concepts of Caregiving in the Development of the Concept of the Ego/Self Ideal. Values and Ideals in Promoting Maturation and Well-being. Part 3: Principles of Therapy Guided by an Attachment Based Theory of Caregiving. Theories Used by Therapists that Implicitly or Explicitly Incorporate the Caregiving Aspects of Attachment. Assessment. Therapeutic Alliance and the Creation of a Safe Base for Personal Development. Separation Anxiety, Impingement and the Therapeutic Frame. Appendices. Appendix A: The Strange Situation Test. Appendix B: The Adult Attachment Interview. Appendix C: An Outline of the Emergence of the Study of Attachment Style in Adults. Appendix D: Questionnaire about a Prospective Client for Assessors to Complete after Assessment.