The Mother and Her Child : Clinical Aspects of Attachment, Separation, and Loss.

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. Akhtar brings together contributions from distinguished psychoanalysts and child obs...

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Main Author: Akhtar, Salman
Other Authors: Bergman, Anni, Blom, Inga, Ph. D., Bonovitz, Jennifer, Ph. D., Brabender, Virginia M., Ph. D., Etezady, M. Hossein, M. D., Fallon, April E., Ph. D., Fischer, Newell, M. D., Harrison, Alexandra, Ornstein, Anna, M. D., Polyak, Daniela, Smolen, Ann, Ph. D., Akhtar, Salman, M. D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Jason Aronson, Inc., 2011.
Series:Margaret S. Mahler.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; 1 What Does a Mother Do?; 2 A Secure Connection; 3 Secure Connections, the Extended Family System, and the Socio-Cultural Construction of Attachment Theory; 4 Attachment and Separation-Individuation; 5 Mother-Infant Attachment; 6 Parent-Child Treatment; 7 The Use of Video in Infant Research and Clinical Practice; 8 Childhood Losses, Adult Memories; 9 When Mother Isn't There; 10 Before Self and Object Constancy; References; Index; About the Editor and Contributors.