title: Rapprochement in the psychic development of the toddler: a transactional perspective.
abstract: The concept of rapprochement, central to separation-individuation theory, is examined and reinterpreted from a transactional perspective. A range of naturally occurring confrontations and conflicts between toddlers and their caregivers is addressed to advance the idea that rapprochement is a continuing rather than phase-specific process of early development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Horner
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development