Articles about Development

I want to write something. To put into words so to speak.

Author Joy Schaverien discusses her new book. Published in June 2015 it was an immediate Routledge best seller and was number one bestseller on Amazon in psychoanalytic t...

Finding your theoretical orientation is like falling in love.

Should psychoanalysis be recommended in old age?

What is it that promotes change in us? In my experience, being an analyst involves being consistently there, week after week, year after year, ploughing the field of list...

To become mature adults, people need to disentangle themselves from the rules and beliefs they took on unconsciously, in order to find their own truth and self-respect.

Why are some children more vulnerable than others? Making sense of differences in how children learn and behave at school.

Adept at cover-up, the ‘as if’ person, feels empty, yet is full of sorrows.

What are the core competencies that form and inform the conducting of a relational psychoanalysis?

Some Tips on Working with Patients on Dreams in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Let's broaden our vision of attachment trauma by highlighting the importance of the caregivers’ ability to mentalize, regulate, contain, and play in catalyzing the develo...

Recognition is growing for the fact that childbirth can be a traumatic experience for a mother and lead to serious post-traumatic problems. Both parents and medical speci...