Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self

Mary Target, Peter Fonagy, Gyorgy Gergely, Elliot L. Jurist

ISBN 10: 1590511611 / ISBN 13: 9781590511619

Published by Other Press LLC, US, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self
• Publisher: Other Press LLC, US
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590511611
• ISBN 13: 9781590511619
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 791 grams

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Synopsis

Winner of the 2003 Gradiva Award and the 2003 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship

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.

About the Author

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.

Gyorgy Gergely, Ph.D., is Director of the Developmental Psychology Laboratory of the Psychology Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Mary Target, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in Psychoanalysis at University College London.

Elliot L. Jurist, Ph.D., is Director of the PhD Program in Cinical Psychology, CUNY, and Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.