Analyzing Children: Psychological Structure, Trauma, by Edward I. Kohn HARDBACK

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Analyzing ChildrenPsychological Structure, Trauma, Development, and Therapeutic Action\nAuthor(s): Edward I. Kohn, Christie Huddleston, Adele Kaufman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781538121023, 978-1538121023\nSynopsis\nFreud described changes in the structure of the mind, including the consolidation of the superego with resolution of the oedipal complex. Important psychoanalytic thinkers since Freud have studied and emphasized the role of pre-oedipal development in the creation of psychological structure. While each of these authors developed his or her own language and concepts, they all described a fundamental transition in the structure and working of the mind that has profound importance for the psychological functioning of the child and the adult she later becomes.\n\nThis book closely examines the analyses of two little girls. One began analysis having already achieved the transition to a m.