Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In Growing Pains: Revising Child Development Theories and their Application to Patients of All Ages, editors Henri Parens and Salman Akhtar present a collection that draws on over 50 years professional experience in child development. Contributors to this collection touch on psychoanalytic conceptualizations of child development, separation-individuation theory, personal clinical experiences, the effects of trauma and neurodevelopmental disorders in the mother-child relationship, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma. This edited collection is recommended for scholars and practitioners interested in psychoanalysis, child development, and clinical psychology.
Synopsis
This edited collection presents the work of internationally renowned psychoanalysts and their contributions to child development theory. Contributors focus on clinical and research-based advances and elucidate conceptualizations of separation-individuation theory.