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Commenting on Mahler's four phases of separation-individuation, Geleerd states that she has not observed 'practicing' phase behavior in her analytic experience with adults. She suggests that differentiation, practicing, and rapproachement might be considered subphases of the symbiotic phase, which persists until object constancy is achieved.