The Psychological Birth Of The Human Infant Symbiosis And IndividuationThe pioneering contribution to infant psychology that gave us separation and individuation documents with standard-setting care the intrapsychic process of a child's emergence from symbiotic fusion with the mother toward affirmation of his own psychological birth. Available for the first time in paperback to a new generation of students and clinicians on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its original publication. |
Contents
Evolution and Functioning of the Research Setting | 17 |
Part II | 24 |
On Human Symbiosis and the Subphases of | 37 |
Differentiation and | 52 |
Practicing | 65 |
Rapprochement | 76 |
Consolidation of Individuality | 109 |
Part III | 118 |
Reflections on Core Identity and SelfBoundary | 220 |
Appendices | 231 |
APPENDIX B A Research Rationale | 246 |
Some Research Strategies | 252 |
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PERMISSIONS | 288 |
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AUBOUT THE AUTHOR | 309 |
Variations Within the Subphases with Special | 197 |
The Epigenesis of Separation Anxiety Basic Mood | 210 |
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The Psychological Birth Of The Human Infant Symbiosis And Individuation Margaret S. Mahler,Fred Pine,Anni Bergman No preview available - 2008 |
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