Arguing for the importance of attachment and emotionality in the developing human consciousness, four prominent analysts explore and refine the concepts of mentalization and affect regulation. Their bold, energetic, and encouraging vision for psychoanalytic treatment combines elements of developmental psychology, attachment theory, and psychoanalytic technique. Drawing extensively on case studies and recent analytic literature to illustrate their ideas, Fonagy, Gergely, Jurist, and Target offer models of psychotherapy practice that can enable the gradual development of mentalization and affect regulation even in patients with long histories of violence or neglect.
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Peter Fonagy
Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., F.B.A., is Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director of the Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology at Univesity College London.
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Gyorgy Gergely
Gyorgy Gergely, Ph.D., is Director of the Developmental Psychology Laboratory of the Psychology Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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Elliot L. Jurist
Elliot L. Jurist, Ph.D., is Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, the City University of New York; Professor, Department of Psychology, the City College of New York; and Lecturer, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.
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Mary Target
Mary Target, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in Psychoanalysis at University College London.
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Elliot Jurist
Elliot L. Jurist, Ph.D., is Director of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, the City University of New York; Professor, Department of Psychology, the City College of New York; and Lecturer, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.
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