Lexington Books
Pages: 196
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-7936-0340-1 • Hardback • December 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-7936-0341-8 • eBook • December 2019 • $105.50 • (£82.00)
Henri Parens, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
Chapter One
Our Understanding of Child Development: An Introductory Overview
Salman Akhtar
Chapter Two
On the Road to Object Constancy
Harold Blum
Chapter Three
You Can’t Have Self Without the Other
John M. Ross
Chapter Four
Separation-Individuation Theory 50 Years Later
Henri Parens
Chapter Five
“Oneness with Other(s)” and Its Reverberations throughout Life
Wendy Olesker
Chapter Six
Talking with the Wall: On Intersubjectivity, Trauma, and Neurodevelopmental Disorder in the Parent-Child Relationship
Daniel Schechter
Chapter Seven
Intersubjectivity and Intergenerational Transfer of Trauma
Susan Coates
Chapter Eight
Where in the World Did Mahler’s Separation-Individuation Theory Go?: A Concluding Commentary
Ann G. Smolen
Growing Up: Revisiting Child Development Theories and their Application to Patients of all Ages is a veritable treasure trove of the history of psychoanalytic perspectives on development. The contributors to this edited collection demonstrate the value of Margaret Mahler’s separation-individuation theory, including the integration of attachment theory, trauma theory, and intersubjectivity of Mahler’s object relations theory.
— Leon Hoffman M.D., New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, coauthor of the Manual of Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors
This is a landmark collection of essays on child development and its relevance to clinical work with patients of all ages. Within its pages, a stellar constellation of pioneering researchers and gifted clinicians explicate the intrapsychic in interactive terms and trace the interpersonal to its intrapsychic origins. As a result, we find ourselves on a solid platform to launch newer refinements in developmental theory and in clinical practice!
— M. Hossein Etezady, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
This is a landmark collection of essays on child development that is relevant for clinical work with patients of all ages. Within its pages, a stellar constellation of pioneering researchers and gifted clinicians explicate the intrapsychic in interactive terms and trace the interpersonal to its intrapsychic origins. As a result, we find ourselves on a solid platform to launch newer refinements in developmental theory and in clinical practice!
— M. Hossein Etezady, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia