ABSTRACT
In Part I of this chapter I concluded that one way to resolve some of the problems with which psychoanalysis, as a clinical theory, is confronted is to reconcile the inconsistencies between its clinical theory and its developmental theory. I further concluded that the coherence criterion should have supremacy over the correspondence criterion and that a bridge may then be built between the two theories. Since coherence theories address the issue of the meaning of human thought and conduct, a theory of human communication could serve as the foundation for a psychodynamic perspective. Such a bridge would be based on the principle that the purview of a psychoanalytic psychology is the domain of meaning as it relates to human thought and conduct. Constructing a developmental theory that articulates the manner in which meanings are acquired and communication emerges between an infant and its caregivers becomes a first step toward that goal. In the following pages I address the issues related to the construction of such a bridge.
