Videos
Videos based on Margaret S. Mahler's research on child development are
available for rental to professional audiences through the Mahler Foundation
Film Library. The footage was extracted from Mahler's the original research
data which provide the foundation for Mahler's theory of separation-individuation.
Dr. Mahler narrates the original three films depicting the process
by which a child attains his or her sense of self and individuality
while coming to recognize the caregiver as a separate individual. These films are valuable resources for training institutions for advanced
clinicians and for developmental researchers.
The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant, the
first of Mahler's films received many accolades on publication. This
48-minute
video
focuses sheds light on the steps by which the infant gradually
gains a sense of separation from the mother and forms the core of
his/her
personality. It effectively demonstrates examples of the child's
journey through the differentiation, practicing, rapprochement,
subphases "on
the way" to self and object constancy. "This film makes
psychoanalytic developmental theory come to life," noted Dorcas
D. Bowles, Ed.D., Acting Dean and Coordinator of Field Work, Smith
College School of Social Work.
The Separation-Individuation Process
An 84 minute three-part video depicting the separation-individuation
process in detail:
PART I: "Symbiosis and the Differentiation
Subphase: 0 to 8 Months"
PART II: "The Early Practicing Subphase Proper: 8 to15 Months"
PART III: "The Rapprochement Subphase and On the Way to
Object Constancy: 13 to 36 Months"
On the Emergence of the Self
A 43 minute video depicting ( those phenomena of the separation-individuation
process that pertain to the development of the sense of self during
the first
eighteen months of life. Emphasis is placed on showing) how early interaction
patterns between mother and child are internalized and become part
of the developing self.
(In the second edition of the Mahler videos, Drs. Anni Bergman, Harold
Blum, John McDevitt, and Fred Pine address significant advances which
have been made in separation-individuation research and theory. Each
update runs approximately 10 minutes).
A Comment on a Controversy by Fred Pine, Ph.D.
responds to the critique of the symbiosis concept and then briefly
summarizes the separation-individuation process.
Continuity of Conflict and Compromise Formation From Infancy
toAdulthood: A Twenty-Five Year Follow-Up by John B. McDevitt,
M.D. uses research data from the original study and follow-up with
the same subjects to show how the infant may develop internal conflicts
early in life.
Separation-Individuation and Object Constancy by
Harold Blum M.D. outlines the development path to object constancy
and explores Mahler's extension of the concept and its functional
significance in development.
Reconsidering the Beginnings of the Sense of Self by Anni
Bergman, Ph.D. discusses the separate self as a unique construction which
begins with unique mother-infant interactions during the symbiotic phase
and continues to develop throughout the separation-individuation process
and later life.
All four updates are available in one 38-minute video: Margaret
Mahler Updated. Upon request, transcripts of these updates (in
English) are available for orders
from outside the U.S.
For additional information or to place an order, contact Child Development
Media, Inc (www.childdevmedia.com) or call 800-405-8942.
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