Psychotherapy and Infancy : Models of Mental Development in Psychoanalytic Theories

by Urwin

• ISBN13: 9780333763292
• ISBN10: 0333763297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-01-01
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This text provides a broad-based look at development psychology in infancy and the implications for psychotherapeutic practice. The understanding and observation of infancy informs and enriches all areas of psychotherapy and Cathy Urwin is uniquely placed to combine a developmental psychology perspective with a psychotherapeutic one.The text takes a broad historical approach to the field, covering the key thinkers and the impact of their theories on current practice, thus offering an up-to-the minute and appealingly wide-ranging text for trainee and practising therapists. It is also relevant to students on social work, developmental psychology and sociology courses.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The History of CHild Study and the Psychotherapy of Children

The Foundation of Psychoanalysis

The Symposium on Child Analysis

The Origins of Object Relations Theories

Donald Winnicott From Paediatrics to Psychoanalysis

Work in the Counter-transference and Opening up The Borderline

The Growth of Attachment Theory

The Impact of Contemporary Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience

Developments in Infant Observation: Defences, Symbol Formation and the Role of Languages

An Overview

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