Margaret S. Mahler
Margaret Schönberger Mahler (May 10, 1897 – October 2, 1985) was a Hungarian physician, who later became interested in psychiatry. She was a central figure on the world stage of psychoanalysis. Her main interest was in normal childhood development, but she spent much of her time with psychiatric children and how they arrive at the ""self."" Mahler developed the separation–individuation theory of child development.
The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant: Symbiosis and Individuation
'The biological birth of the human infant and the psychological birth of the individual are not coincident in time. The former is a dramatic, observable, and well-circumscribed event; the latter a... (more)
Separation-Individuation: The Selected Papers of Margaret S. Mahler, Vol.2
More of the collected papers of this influential American psychoanalyst. They provide an exposition of the development of Mahler's essential concepts.