A psychodynamic developmental orientation -- Infancy : parenthood, the mother-infant relationship, and the mind of the infant -- The toddler : early sense of self and gender, rapprochement, libidinal object constancy, and superego precursors -- The oedipal phase and emerging capacities : language, imagination, play, mentalization, and self-regulation -- The oedipal phase : psychosexual development, oedipal complex and constellation, and oedipal phase contributions to mental life -- The latency phase : cognitive maturation, autonomy, social development, and learning -- Preadolescence : bodily challenges, changing relationships, and the transition to the teen years -- Early and mid-adolescence : the importance of the body, sexuality, and individuation, the role of action, and the special problems of the teen years -- Late adolescence : identity, sexuality, autonomy, and superego formation in the late teens and early twenties -- The odyssey years : emerging adults on the path to adulthood -- The role of developmental thinking in psychodynamic psychotherapy.