Download or read book The Psychological Birth Of The Human Infant Symbiosis And Individuation written by Margaret S. Mahler and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pioneering contribution to infant psychology that gave us separation and individuation documents with standard-setting care the intrapsychic process of a child's emergence from symbiotic fusion with the mother toward affirmation of his own psychological birth. Available for the first time in paperback to a new generation of students and clinicians on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its original publication.