- Normal Autistic Phase (First few weeks of life; achieve equilibrium)
- Normal Symbiotic Phase (Up till around 5 months old; develop dim awareness of caretaker)
- Separation-Individuation Phase (divided into three phases:)
- Hatching (5-10 months; exit autistic shell)
- Practicing (10-16 months; locomotion and accompanying anxiety about separateness)
- Rapprochement (16-24 months; mobility, language, reuniting)
Will Margaret Mahler show up on the social work exam? Don't count on it. But...it's not unheard of. Good luck.
For further review: Margaret Mahler at Wikipedia; chart of stages via PsyEd.org
2 comments:
Great blog. Thank you!
The practice exam had a question about a teenager not wanting to hang out with this family- the answer was "separation-individuation" because it continues into adolescence although most of the resources I found stop at the young childhood and don't mention continuation into teenage years.
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