Main description:

- there is currently little literature on Fordham so this book will fill a gap, particularly as it is so aptly clinically orientated - will be especially popular in Britain, where Fordham originated

Contents:

Introduction; Part I: Theory; 1: The primary self and related concepts in Jung, Klein and Isaacs; 2: Infant observation, experimental infant research and psychodynamic theory regarding lack of self/other differentiation; Part II: Explications; 3: Out of the mouths of babes: an enquiry into the sources of language development; 4: 'With healing in her wings ...': integration and repair in a self-destructive adolescent; 5: Developmental aspects of trauma and traumatic aspects of development; Part III: Extensions; 6: Fordham, Jung and the self: a re-examination of Fordham's contribution to Jung 's conceptualisation; 7: The 'self' in analytical psychology: the function of the 'central archetype' within Fordham's model; 8: Reflections on research and learning from the patient: the art and science of what we do; Appendix Elizabeth Urban - list of publications