| Contents |
A psychodynamic developmental orientation -- Infancy : parenthood, the mother-infant relationship, and the mind of the infant -- The toddler : early sense of self and gender, rapprochement, libidinal object constancy, and superego precursors -- The oedipal phase and emerging capacities : language, imagination, play, mentalization, and self-regulation -- The oedipal phase : psychosexual development, oedipal complex, configuration and constellation, and its legacy in mental life -- The latency phase : cognitive maturation, autonomy, social development, and learning -- Preadolescence : bodily challenges, changing relationships, and the transition to the teen years -- Early and mid-adolescence : the ongoing importance of the body, sexuality, individuation, and the role of action in the special problems of teenagers -- Late adolescence : identity, sexuality, autonomy, and superego formation in the late teens and early twenties -- The odyssey years : emerging adults on the path to adulthood -- The role of developmental thinking in psychodynamic psychotherapy. |
