Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: THEORIES OF HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 1. 'Nature' versus 'Nurture': A Matter of Choice? 2. The Life Span: Interdisciplinary and Critical Perspectives 3. Attachment, Separation and Loss: Themes in human growth and development 4. From Theory to Reflective-Relational Practice PART II: A MATERIAL-DISCURSIVE-INTRA-PSYCHIC APPROACH 5. Infancy and Early Childhood 6. Older Childhood 7. Adolescence 8. Young Adulthood 9. Mid-Life 10. Older Age Afterword.

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About the Author

Paula Nicolson is Professor of Critical Social and Health Psychology at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. Her most recent books are Postnatal Depression (Wiley 2001) and Gender, Power and Organisation (Routledge, 1996).