Psychoanalysis and Developmental Therapy

by Anne Hurry

Overview

This book exemplifies a special kind of application of psychoanalysis. It shows how the child uses the analyst both as a transference object and as a new developmental object, illustrating the mutually enabling and inextricably interwoven nature of developmental work and interpretation of conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367326173
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/05/2019
Series:	The Psychoanalytic Monograph Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface — Foreword — Theoretical background — An interpersonal view of the infant — Psychoanalysis and developmental therapy — Clinical work with children — "Tom": undoing an early developmental hitch — "Paul": the struggle to restore a development gone awry — "Martha": establishing analytic treatment with a 4-year-old girl — "Donald": the treatment of a 5-year-old boy with experience of early loss — "Michael": a journey from the physical to the mental realm — Clinical and educational interventions in work with children — "Maya": the interplay of nursery education and analysis in restoring a child to the path of normal development — "Leo": multiple interventions in the case of a very disturbed young boy with autistic features

Editorial Reviews

Psychoanalysts trained, wholly or in part, at the Anna Freud Center in London, England present a total of nine contributions, beginning with two chapters discussing theoretical background, followed by five clinical case studies. The last two chapters describe cases of clinical and educational interventions in work with children. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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