Pioneers of Child Psychoanalysis

In Pioneers of Child Psychoanalysis Beatriz Markman Reubins presents the lives and theories of the early innovators of psychoanalytic theory as it is applied to child development - Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, D.W. Winnicott, Margaret Mahler and John Bowlby. The creative thinking Markman Reubins shows lies in her unique weaving of personal history and theoretical application. This insightful elaboration of the thoughts of influential thinkers flows seamlessly from the early twentieth century to the present time. The author's unique approach of preceding theory with the personal history of the analytic thinkers amplifies and gives texture to the unfolding of their understanding of psychological development and its analytic implications for child development. She describes difficult concepts with a balanced and thoughtful approach, which sheds light and understanding for both the student and experienced clinician. By comparing and contrasting these theoretical approaches the author suggests their interrelationships and how, rather than opposing each other, they augment one another and help the reader to understand the broad depth of analytic insight which flowed from the enormous creativity of the analysts from the twentieth century. While this is a "must read" for students of child psychoanalysis, it is also enormously beneficial for parents who want to understand the fundamentals of best parenting practices.

Beatriz Markman Reubins, MD, received her medical degree from Buenos Aires Medical School of the University of Buenos Aires, and is a licensed clinical psychologist. She trained in adult, child and adolescent psychiatry at North Shore University Hospital on Long Island, New York, and is a member of the Argentina Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytic Society, and past President of the Long Island Psychoanalytic Society in New York. She was Assistant Professor in Psychopathology at the University of Buenos Aires, and is currently an Associate Attending at Long Island Jewish Hospital (North Shore University Hospital) where she teaches psychoanalysis and supervises psychiatric residents at the Zucker-Hillside Hospital. Dr Markman Reubins is also a member of the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance (CAPA), and a supervising psychotherapist in China.