Gertraud Diem Wille: 3 books

This book provides a powerfully argued and beautifully constructed account of the early development of the child in the family context from a psychoanalytic perspective. It draws on the theoretical trajectory from Sigmund Freud to Melanie Klein and Wilfried Bion.

This book focuses on the intertwining between the development of a child's psyche and its parents' behaviour. It shows the importance of the earliest period of childhood for the development of basic emotional patterns of the personality.

Latency: The Golden Age of Childhood concerns the child’s emotional and cognitive development during the period of latency. It constitutes a bridge between the first stormy years of child development and adolescence. The conflicts and libidinous wishes of early childhood are relegated to the background...