An Elegant Mess: Reflections on the Research of Edward Z. Tronick

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¹ I have not made an attempt to contextualize Tronick’s research from within the body of child and infant research. Thus, I do not discuss the work of many researchers, such as Beebe and Lachmann (1994), Stern (1985), and numerous others, who have enriched the understanding of infant–parent interaction and infant development. Instead, I focus on Tronick’s work in the context of the body of contemporary clinical and theoretical psychoanalytic writing, an area I am more qualified to discuss.

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Steven H. Cooper

Steven H. Cooper, Ph.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; Supervising Analyst and Faculty, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis; and Joint Editor in Chief Emeritus, Psychoanalytic Dialogues.