Young Children and their Parents: Perspectives from Psychoanalytic Infant Observation

by Gertraud Diem-Wille

Overview

This book focuses on the intertwining between the development of a child's psyche and its parents' behaviour. It shows the importance of the earliest period of childhood for the development of basic emotional patterns of the personality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367329983
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/05/2019
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gertraud Diem-Wille is professor of psychoanalysis in education at the University of Klagenfurt. She is a training analyst for children, adolescents, and adults of the Viennese Psychoanalytic Society and the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). She had pioneered and supported the training in psychoanalytic observational approaches to training in psychoanalysis and in educational fields. She is the Organizing and Scientific Tutor of the PG MA in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies at the University of Klagenfurt. Her books include Das Kleinkind und seine Eltern (The Young Child and its Parents) and Die frühen Lebensjahre.

Table of Contents

Preface — Foreword — Foreword to the Second Edition — Introduction — Understanding psychological development — The first year of life — The second year of life — The third year of life — Outlook and perspectives: mastering early childhood