Joyce Edward
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 266
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The authors bring to the attention of mental health professionals the contribution of Dr. Margaret M. Mahler to contemporary psychoanalytic development theory. They describe the essential features in the complex developmental sequence temed "separation-individuation." Five case studies are presented in detail that serve to emphasize the practical application of Mahler's work to treatment. Implications for broad social planning and professional understanding of child develoment are drawn and discussed. -- Provided by publisher.