Margaret Mahler
Subtitle: a biography of the psychoanalyst
By: Alma Halbert Bond.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland; McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780786433551
Subjects: Mahler, Margaret S; Psychoanalysts -- Biography; Infant psychology; Child analysis
Genres: Biography.
Description: "This volume details the life and work of Margaret Mahler focusing on her life's ambition--her psychoanalytical work. Her experiences with the Philadelphia Institute and her definitive research through the Masters Children's Clinic are also discussed"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue (1938); title: The early years; title: Medical training; title: Her analysts; title: Marriage (1936-1953); title: The nazis (1919-1938); title: London (1938); title: America (1938-1985); title: Divorce (1953); title: The Philadelphia story; title: The Masters Children's Center; title: Dr. Mahler's advice to new mothers (1979); title: Alma Bond, participant observer (1966); title: Mahler's need for dual unity (the present); title: Her colleagues remember (the present); title: Aging and death (circa 1970-1985); title: The mysterious will of Margaret Mahler (1985); title: Margaret Mahler today (the present).