Inside Lives belongs to the heart of the thinking and working of the Tavistock Clinic. Its aim is to bring psychoanalytic theory to life, to make it accessible to a much wider range of readers, both lay and professional, than would normally be familiar with this kind of approach. In the simplest of terms it tells the most complex of sto

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This book provides a perspective on the relationship between psychoanalytic theory and the nature of human development, which is not currently available in written form. Following the major developmental phases from infancy to old age, the author lucidly explores those vital aspects of experience.

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Series editors' preface -- Foreword to the second edition -- Author's note -- A historical note -- Introduction -- States of mind -- Beginnings -- Infancy: containment and reverie -- Infancy: defences against pain -- Early childhood: weaning and separation -- Latency -- Models of learning -- The family -- Puberty and early adolescence -- Mid-adolescence: a clinical example -- Late adolescence: fictional lives -- The adult world -- "The later years" -- The last years -- Appendix
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Product details

ISBN
9780367325107
Published
2019-09-27
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
480 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
U, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
288

Biographical note

Margot Waddell is a psychoanalyst and consultant child psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic. She has written extensively on adolescence, including work on groups, gangs and scapegoating.