A most lucid and penetrating presentation of what psychoanalysis has taught us on the psychology of the human child.

'This remarkable series of introductory lectures on psychoanalysis is, in fact, a lucid, elegant and profound overview of classic psychoanalytic theory, in which Anna Freud spells out the main aspects of psychoanalytic psychology. The simple and c...

A classsic contribution to psychoanalytic psychology written by a pioneer of child analysis, it is illustrated by fascinating clinical pictures drawn from the analysis of children and adolescents. A founding text in ego psychology.