Martha Harris – författare

Just like her mother, Meg Wolfe has a special power. Shes a psychic,but shes also a psychiatrist. Not only can she see and talk to spirits, butshe is also capable of learning things about people through the powerof touchwhich actually comes in handy during counseling sessions.Then, she meets Zeus Garrett.They seem deeply connected, although Meg isnt sure how. Together,they solve a murder involving a child she counsels, but working insuch close proximity creates feelings in both of them. Soon, theyrepassionately in love, but it seems solving murders is much easier thanbeing Zeuss paramour.Not only does Zeus have commitment issues stemming from a pastlife, but also Meg believes his heart belong to someone else. When sheadopts two children she and Zeus had in a past life, she hopes theirconnection will only strengthen. Instead, shes left to wonder if she willraise young Jasmine and Christopher aloneagain.

Romana Negri, known for her pioneering work in neonatal intensive care units, here presents the transcribed tapes of her detailed observation of a normally developing infant in a family context, an observation which Martha Harris supervised for three years. The story represents a unique record of the normal, but unique, growth of an individual personality from birth onwards. Other chapters in the book present observations of children in hospital that formed part of their diagnostic assessment, and the book includes some commentaries by Donald Meltzer and Martha Harris together.

This classic book, which has been published in many languages, describes some of the important aspects of the development of infants and young children from birth to school age. It is illustrated by vignettes of scenes between parents and children and it touches on many of the questions and feelings evoked by the intense emotional relationship between parents and children. Originally published in 1967, the book has not dated in its essential humanity, perceptiveness and ease of expression. Unlike other accounts it was not intended to offer advice but to enable parents to observe and think about their children as individuals in an interested and non-judgemental way. The book takes into account matters that were hardly acknowledged at the time, such as sexuality, death, and parental divorce or separation. This edition includes a preface by Margaret Rustin.

This is a revised and expanded edition of the collected papers of Martha Harris and Esther Bick on child development, infant observation and psychoanalytic training, including some not in previous editions. These papers from their clinical, observational and educational  perspectives, form the basis for what has become known worldwide as the ‘Tavistock Model’ of educating child psychotherapists: a model which also enriches psychoanalysis with adults. The collection includes appendices by Ann Cebon and Margaret Rustin and on the genesis of the Schools’ Counsellors’ Course developed at the Tavistock by Roland and Martha Harris.