Personality Development A Psychoanalytic Perspective

Personality Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective is a comprehensive overview of infant observation and personality development. Beginning with inter-utero life and going through to adulthood, it focuses on the emotional tasks involved at each stage of development and the interplay of internal and external circumstances. Central importance is given to attachment and to psychoanalytic concepts, such as the Oedipal complex, separation and individuation, and the development of the capacity to think. The emotional processes are seen as 'states of mind' rather than fixed stages. Using considerable new clinical and observational material, Personality Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective will be of interest to those teaching personality development courses, as well as mental health and child care professionals.Hindle, Debbie is the author of 'Personality Development A Psychoanalytic Perspective' with ISBN 9780415179577 and ISBN 0415179572.