Inside Lives: Psychoanalysis And The Growth Of The Personality

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Inside Lives belongs to the heart of the thinking & working of the Tavistock Clinic Its aim is to bring psychoanalytic theory to life to make it accessible to a much wider range of readers both lay & professional than would normally be familiar with this kind of approach In the simplest of terms it tells the most complex of stories the story of the internal development of a person from infancy to old age In so doing it reflects & encompasses the generational structure of the clinic as a whole tracing the interacting influences
- between infant child adolescent & adult
- on the nature & quality of emotional growth & development This book provides a perspective on the relationship between psychoanalytic theory & the nature of human development which is not currently available in written form Following the major developmental phases from infancy to old age the author lucidly explores those vital aspects of experience which promote mental & emotional growth & those which impede it In bringing together a wide range of clinical non-clinical & literary examples it offers a detailed & accessible introduction to contemporary psychoanalytic thought & provides a personal & vivid approach to the elusive question of how the personality develops