Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self-Fast Shipping

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Winner of the 2003 Gradiva Award and the 2003 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship

Arguing for the importance of attachment and emotionality in thedeveloping human consciousness, four prominent analysts explore and refine the conceptsof mentalization and affect regulation. Their bold, energetic, and encouraging visionfor psychoanalytic treatment combines elements of developmental psychology, attachmenttheory, and psychoanalytic technique. Drawing extensively on case studies and recentanalytic literature to illustrate their ideas, Fonagy, Gergely, Jurist, and Targetoffer models of psychotherapy practice that can enable the gradual development ofmentalization and affect regulation even in patients with long histories of violenceor neglect.