Margaret Mahler: A Biography of the Psychoanalyst

by Alma Halbert Bond

Overview

Margaret Mahler was from a young age intrigued by the theories of Sigmund Freud and Hungarian psychoanalysts such as Sandor Ferenzci, with whom she became acquainted while a student in Budapest. Forced to flee Europe and rising anti-Semitism, Margaret and her husband, Paul, came to the United States in 1938. It was after this move that Mahler performed her most significant research and developed concepts such as the ground-breaking theory of separation-individuation, an idea which was given credence by Mahler's own relationship with her father.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786433551
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	06/02/2008
Pages:	251
Sales rank:	706,370
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Alma Halbert Bond was the author of 13 other books, both nonfiction and fiction. She lived in New York.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Prologue (1938)     

1. The Early Years     
2. Medical Training     
3. Her Analysts     
4. Marriage (1936–1953)     
5. The Nazis (1919–1938)     
6. London (1938)     
7. America (1938–1985)     
8. Divorce (1953)     
9. The Philadelphia Story     
10. The Masters Children’s Center     
11. Dr. Mahler’s Advice to New Mothers (1979)     
12. Alma Bond, Participant Observer (1966)     
13. Mahler’s Need for Dual Unity (The Present)     
14. Her Colleagues Remember (The Present)     
15. Aging and Death (Circa 1970–1985)     
16. The Mysterious Will of Margaret Mahler (1985)     
17. Margaret Mahler Today (The Present)     

Postscript: “Ve Are Vun” (The Present)     
Glossary     
Chapter Notes     
References     
Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

bright commentary...author brings us ringside”—Midwest Book Review; “a fascinating and engrossing biography...a colorful account...rich text”—PsycCRITIQUES.

From the Publisher

"a fascinating and engrossing biography...a colorful account...rich text"

PsycCRITIQUES

bright commentary...author brings us ringside

Midwest Book Review