About the Author

Henri Parens, MD, FACPsa. is professor of psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, and a training and supervising analyst (adult and child) at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He is the author of about 200 scientific and lay publications and multi-media programs, including 16 books, 6 scientific films, and one television series for CBS. He is the recipient of more than 17 Honors and Awards.

Reviews

Parens's scholarship is truly impressive. * Contemporary Psychology *
[This book] will undoubtedly be turned to repeatedly for its careful formulations and its explications of the interdigitations of the evolving drives, narcissism, ego functions, and libidinal object relations in early childhood. * The Psychoanalytic Quarterly *