Introduction to Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective for Students And Professionals by Ivan Sherick

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Introduction to Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective for Students And Professionals by Ivan Sherick

“Introduction to Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective for Students And Professionals” is about how the mind develops over the entire lifespan, from infancy to old age. It explains psychoanalytic concepts in terms that make the concepts accessible and available to all. While the focus is on normal development over the lifespan, the book touches upon deviant development when such outcomes can be easily understood in the context of normality. Recommended readings are included at the end.

Ivan Sherick, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst trained to see people of all ages. He is in private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was trained in child/adolescent psychoanalysis at The Hampstead Clinic in London, England, under Miss Anna Freud’s direction. He later completed adult psychoanalytic training at The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. He is a Supervising Child/Adolescent Analyst at The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr.Sherick is a supervisor of psychodynamic psychotherapy in the Department of Psychiatry, the University of Michigan. He formerly supervised post-doctoral Psychology students in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Psychological Clinic of the University of Michigan. He was the Child Developmental Director of Allen Creek Preschool in Ann Arbor, MI, a founding member school of the Alliance of Psychoanalytic Schools.