This highly successful work summarises the contributions of Margaret Mahler to contemporary developmental theory and applies the theory to clinical practice. Separation individuation involves progression along two tracks. Separation refers to the child’s movement from fusion with the mother; individuation consists of those steps that lead to the development of an individual’s ow persona and unique characteristics.
Reprint of the Gardner Press edition originally published in 1991. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
