1 Developmental Theory and Clinical Process: An Orientation and a Framework

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. Preface x
4. PART I OVERVIEW
5. 1 Developmental Theory and Clinical Process: An Orientation and a Framework 1
6. 2 The Impact of Developmental Research on Psychoanalytic Practice and Theory 19
7. PART II ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT FROM A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE
8. 3 A Note on Method 31
9. 4 Moments and Backgrounds in the Developmental Process 38
10. 5 The Psychologies of Drive, Ego, Object Relations, and Self 54
11. 6 Developmental Considerations regarding Ego and Drive 73
12. 7 Structuralization of Drive-Defense Relationships 85
13. 8 Libidinal Object Constancy 102
14. 9 Formation, Expansion, and Vulnerability of the Self Experience 108
15. PART III ASPECTS OF CLINICAL PROCESS FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE
16. A. DEVELOPMENT AND CLINICAL TECHNIQUE
17. Introduction 125
18. 10 Therapeutic Change: A Parent-Child Model 127
19. 11 The Interpretive Moment 148
20. 12 Developmental Perspectives on the Mutative Factors and the Languages of the Psychotherapies 160
21. B. Development and the Assessment of Pathology
22. Introduction 181
23. 13 Disturbances of Learning and Behavior in Childhood 183
24. 14 Borderline Pathology in Childhood 205
25. 15 Pathology of the Separation-Individuation Process as Maniftsted in Later Clinical Work 227
26. PART IV RETROSPECT
27. Retrospect 251
28. References 253
29. Index 265