Understanding Infants Psychoanalytically A Post-Jungian Perspective on Michael Fordham’s Model of Development

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Focussing on infants and the relationship between child and parent this book presents a discourse on eminent Jungian child analyst Michael Fordham's model of development that extended Jung's theory to infancy and childhood. In this book Elizabeth Urban a Jungian psychotherapist in weekly conversations with Fordham proposes five key areas such as identifying periods of primary self-funcionin and the active participation of the infant in development that contribute to the Fordham model of infant development. Drawing extensively on her observations and experiences working in a London child and adolescent unit and a mother and baby unit as well as using real-life observations to support the proposed contributions the author provides a deeper understanding of infant development in the context of the relationship with the parents. This book is a unique contribution to the study of child development and is of great interest to paediatricians psychotherapists and other mental health professionals who work with children and their parents. | Understanding Infants Psychoanalytically A Post-Jungian Perspective on Michael Fordham’s Model of Development