Mary Target

16.8k citations
139 papers · 10.2k · 6 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

    • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
    • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
    • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
    • Child Abuse and Trauma
    • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics

Papers in

    • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications 57
    • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development 27
    • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology 17
    • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics 15
    • Child Therapy and Development 12
    • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics 27

Mary Target

127 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Mary Target's Hit Papers

Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self 2018 · 299 citations
2990+10+20Years since publication2505007501000

Peers

Mary Target
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  • Clinical Psychology 7.8k
  • General Psychology 246
  • Social Psychology 3.7k
  • Applied Psychology 293
  • Philosophy 671
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All Works

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Attachment and reflective function: Their role in self-organization
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19971086
2
The relation of attachment status, psychiatric classification, and response to psychotherapy.
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1996698
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The relation of attachment status, psychiatric classification, and response to psychotherapy.
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1996600
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Playing with reality: I. Theory of mind and the normal development of psychic reality.
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1996529
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REFLECTIVE-FUNCTIONING MANUAL Version 5 FOR APPLICATION TO ADULT ATTACHMENT INTERVIEWS
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1998487
6 1994391
7 2007365
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Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self
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2018299
9 1998281
10 2000222
11 2008212
12 2002199
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Playing with reality: II. The development of psychic reality from a theoretical perspective.
1996196
14
The theory and practice of resilience
1994186
15 2000186
16 2008182
17 2005181
18 2003180
19 2006178
20 2016176

About Mary Target

Mary Target is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Philosophy, General Health Professions and Developmental and Educational Psychology, having authored 139 papers that have together received 10.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (57 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (27 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (27 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (17 papers), Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (15 papers), Child Therapy and Development (12 papers), Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (11 papers) and Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Psychology (7.8k citations), General Psychology (246 citations), Social Psychology (3.7k citations), Applied Psychology (293 citations) and Philosophy (671 citations). Mary Target has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Peter Fonagy, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele, Roger G. Kennedy, Andrew J. Gerber, Tom Leigh, Nick Midgley, Anna Higgitt, Yael Shmueli‐Goetz and György Gergely. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychoanalytic Inquiry, The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

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