Human Development: An Introduction to the Psychodynamics of Growth, Maturity and Ageing - Softcover

Clulow, Christopher; Joyce, Angela; Rayner, Eric; Rose, James; Twyman, Mary

 
9781583911129: Human Development: An Introduction to the Psychodynamics of Growth, Maturity and Ageing
Softcover
ISBN 10: 158391112X ISBN 13: 9781583911129
Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

A new edition of a classic text

This new edition of Human Development has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate recent developments in the field. New material is introduced on the development of a sense of self, the social self and moral development.

Beginning with a discussion of birth and childhood, the reader is lead through each of the crucial stages in human development. The authors reveal the intricate interplay between physical, emotional and psychological factors that contribute to the individual patterns of development that make each of us unique. All of the major milestones of life are covered, including adolescence, work, parenthood and old age. Employing psychoanalytic theories of development, this book reveals the richness that these ideas bring to well-known everyday phenomena.

This highly accessible and jargon-free introduction to human development combines scientific objectivity with a sensitive and sympathetic approach to the subject. It will prove invaluable to anyone involved in the helping professions.

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About the Author

Eric Rayner is now retired. He was formerly a psychoanalyst in private practice and a training analyst at the British Institute of Psychoanalysis.

Angela Joyce is an adult and child psychoanalyst and a parent-infant psychotherapist at the Anna Freud Centre, UK

James Rose is a psychoanalyst in private practice and is a senior psychotherapist at the Brandon Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy for Young People, Kentish Town, London.

Mary Twyman is a psychoanalyst in private practice.

Christopher Clulow is Director of the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
158391112X
ISBN 13 
9781583911129
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
4
Number of pages
352