Beginning to Grow: Five StudiesPraise for Sylvia Brody's The Component Instincts Freud reminded us that theory was good but did not prevent reality from happening. Sylvia Brody once more advances analytic understanding by maintaining relentless discipline in studying lives as they actually unfold. This new rich and readable account of several lives studied across decades exposes and explores essential aspects of mental functioning now too often neglected." Warren S. Poland, M. D.