Selected Papers by Susan Kavaler-AdlerVolume 1: Developmental Mourning, Erotic Transference, and Object Relations Psychoanalysis
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“In these thoughtfully curated volumes we have access to the work of one of the most influential and thought-provoking psychoanalytic writers today. In the creative hands of Dr. Kavaler-Adler, British and American Object Relations theories are fashioned into a vital, dynamic theory of Developmental Mourning, a developmental process that is central not only to healing trauma, but to the growth of separation-individuation processes, “self-evolution,” creativity, eroticism, and reparation: the core elements of what it is to be human and alive. Dr. Kavaler-Adler’s writing is so thoroughly infused with her enthusiasm and passion that we encounter the theory with visceral clarity and truly feel the pain and joy of her clinical work. Continue reading Book Announcement for Susan Kavaler-Adler