{"product_id":"selected-writings-of-selma-fraiberg-paperback","title":"Selected Writings of Selma Fraiberg - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis Fraiberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial worker, psychoanalyst, and child-development expert Selma Fraiberg's iconic book, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Years\u003c\/i\u003e, has influenced generations of caregivers, therapists, and clinicians since its publication in 1959. No less rich are the essays that make up this new, accessibly priced reissue of her \u003ci\u003eSelected Writings.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Years, \u003c\/i\u003ethese essays (including her hugely influential \"Ghosts in the Nursery\") glean their insights from years of clinical study and contain Fraiberg's synthesis of and groundbreaking contributions to attachment theory, child psychology, social work, and, through her work with blind children, the experience of disability in infancy and childhood. Clinical rigor paired with attunement to the emotional lives of her subjects was Fraiberg's hallmark: as her husband Louis writes in his preface to this volume, \"Once, when asked how she knew what babies were thinking, she replied, 'They tell me.'\" Lucid and elegantly written, her \u003ci\u003eSelected Writings \u003c\/i\u003ewill remain a valuable resource for new generations of social workers, mental-health professionals, educators, and others who work with young children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selection of papers carries that study still further and will be a most useful book for social workers, psychologists, child psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelma Fraiberg was one of the most influential child-development experts of the twentieth century, having developed therapeutic innovations that remain integral to children's mental-health treatment today. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvery Child's Birthright: In Defense of Mothering, \u003c\/i\u003eand other foundational books and papers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Louis Fraiberg was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Toledo and the author of \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis and American Literary Criticism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 722\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.12 x 9.25 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757788037408,"sku":"9780814204276","price":89.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0942b7241d326ce53c9966bb65067fef.webp?v=1780111795","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/selected-writings-of-selma-fraiberg-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}