<p> Parent-Infant Psychodynamics: Wild Things, Mirrors and Ghosts, edited by Joan Raphael-Leff offers readers an interesting and challenging collection of articles, centering on themes associated with the earliest years of development. Collected initially “to meet the needs of students in specialist courses and summer schools run by the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, at the University of Essex, over the past years, relating clinical applications of psychoanalytic ideas to healthcare provisions” (p. xi). Most of these articles are written by British psychoanalysts, who present clinical material from a Kleinian perspective. Raphael-Leff has included material useful both to the clinician in training and to more experienced clinicians. Articles include practice-focused, technique-oriented, specific case studies, as well as articles that are more theoretical and provocative.</p><p>Throughout the volume, authors present sensitive descriptions of the complexity of early childhood development, particularly in contemporary times in which technology and changes in culture and child-rearing practices have altered the family and the child's life experiences. In these times, when clinicians encounter children and families pressured to multitask, develop speedily, hasten toward independence and autonomy, the observations presented here capture and present an in-depth portrayal of the complex and intimate dance of relationships within the family.</p><p>I
An Early Childhood Primer
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<p> Parent-Infant Psychodynamics: Wild Things, Mirrors and Ghosts, edited by Joan Raphael-Leff offers readers an interesting and challenging collection of articles, centering on themes associated with the earliest years of development. Collected initially “to meet the needs of students in specialist courses and summer schools run by the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, at the University of Essex, over the past years, relating clinical applications of psychoanalytic ideas to healthcare provisions” (p. xi). Most of these articles are written by British psychoanalysts, who present clinical material from a Kleinian perspective. Raphael-Leff has included material useful both to the clinician in training and to more experienced clinicians. Articles include practice-focused, technique-oriented, specific case studies, as well as articles that are more theoretical and provocative.</p><p>Throughout the volume, authors present sensitive descriptions of the complexity of early childhood development, particularly in contemporary times in which technology and changes in culture and child-rearing practices have altered the family and the child's life experiences. In these times, when clinicians encounter children and families pressured to multitask, develop speedily, hasten toward independence and autonomy, the observations presented here capture and present an in-depth portrayal of the complex and intimate dance of relationships within the family.</p><p>IPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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An Early Childhood Primer
Kennedy, Thomas F.
Follow Contemporary Psychology
, Volume 49 (6): 744
PsycCRITIQUES® – Dec 1, 2004
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