Trauma and deprivation: The relationship between early object relations and the constitution of a sense of self

Silvia Zornig is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with the Iracy Doyle Psychoanalytic Society in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a society member of the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies. She is a professor in the Psychology Department at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and a clinical supervisor of psychoanalysis with children and adolescents at the same university. She has published several articles on parent–infant psychotherapy and child and adolescent psychoanalysis. She is also a member of the World Association for Infant Mental Health and president of the Brazilian Association for Research on Infancy, affiliated to the World Association for Infant Mental Health.

Lidia Levy is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with the Iracy Doyle Psychoanalytic Society in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a society member of International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies. She is a professor in the Department of Psychology of the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and has published many articles on adoption and family therapy.