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'The biological birth of the human infant and the psychological
birth of the individual are not coincident in time. The former is a
dramatic, observable, and well-circumscribed event; the latter a
slowly unfolding intra psychic process.'Thus begins this highly
acclaimed book in which the author and her collaborators break new
ground in developme
The Mother and Her Child: Clinical Aspects of Attachment,
Separation, and Loss, edited by Salman Akhtar, focuses upon the
formation of an individual's self in the crucible of the early
mother-child relationship. Bringing together contributions from
distinguished psychoanalysts and child observational researchers,
it elucidates the nuances of mothering, the child's tie to the
mother, the mysteries of secure attachment, and the hazards of
insecure attachment. These experts also discuss issues of
separation, loss, and alternate sources of love when the mother is
absent or emotionally unavailable, while highlighting the relevance
of such ideas to the treatment of children and adults.
The 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.
While the psychodynamic understanding of play and play's
therapeutic potential was long restricted to the realm of children,
Winnicott's work demonstrated the profound significance of the
capacity to play for healthy mental functioning during adult life.
Scattered writings of Erikson, Glenn, and Shopper notwithstanding,
the early spark of understanding remained largely ill developed. In
Play and Playfulness, the reader is offered an exciting and highly
informative set of essays about the psychic area that lies between
reality and unreality and between veracity and imagination. It is
the area of paradox and creativity. It sustains the self, allows
for ego-replenishing regressions, and adds to the joy of the vital
and lived experience. This book provides an easy and readable
passage to the valley of the transitional experience in which
creative synthesis of reality and unreality leads to a world of
vigor, enthusiasm, and liveliness. The cultural variations and the
clinical implications of such an experience are thoroughly
elucidated. The result is a volume replete with technical
virtuosity, clinical relevance, and the basic and nearly self
evident humane music of the day-to-day experience of life.
This book is about affect--its origins, development, and uses--and
how it is viewed in a clinical setting. The authors track and
further develop the recent major changes in the understanding of
affect. From its roots in childhood development to its
cross-cultural aspects, affect remains clinically relevant in
issues such as aggression and forgiveness.
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