Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Theory for the 21st Century

This book examines relevant social/political issues while analyzing how repetitive patterns of interactions with significant people and the wider world develop one's expanding personality and how some repetitive patterns create "problems in living." The authors argue that people evolve by comprehending and challenging those patterns.

Sue Harris has been in private practice in New York City since 1968. Janet R. Mayes is in private practice in New York City and was an adjunct lecturer of psychology at various colleges and universities, including Montclair State University and Kean University. Marilyn Miller (1939-2020) was a certified clinical nurse specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing in addition to her private practice in New York City. David Singer has his private practice in New York City and serves as clinical psychologist at Abbott House and as adjunct assistant professor at John Jay College for Criminal Justice.

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Basic Concepts I. Developmental Eras Chapter Two: Early Infancy: The Development of Initial Blueprints for Later Experience Chapter Three: Late Infancy: Exploring Beyond the Self Chapter Four: Childhood: The Widening World Chapter: Five: The Juvenile Era: Group Experience and The Political Arts of Relating Chapter Six: Preadolescence: Falling in Love with a Peer Chapter Seven: Adolescence: Precursor to Independence, Emergence of Sexuality, Need for Partnership, Intimacy-A Work in Progress Chapter Eight: Adulthood: A New Interpersonal Challenge II. Personality and How It Works Chapter Nine: The Self-system Chapter Ten: Despair and the Central Paranoia Chapter Eleven: Cognitive Development, an Interpersonal Phenomenon Chapter Twelve: The (Essential) Interpersonal Context of Learning Chapter Thirteen: The Interpersonal Theory of Envy III. Practical Applications Chapter Fourteen: Interpersonal Theory and Psychotherapy Chapter Fifteen: Dreams