The Playground of Psychoanalytic Therapy

ISBN-13: 9780881633313 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 304 str.

Jean Sanville;Sanville;Sanville

Opis

Taking as its point of departure Frued's notion of transference as a playground and building on the foundations of the independent tradition of British object relations theory and modern infancy research, The Playground of Psychoanalytic Therapy proffers a new understanding of the role of play in the clinical situation. Jean Sanville takes the reader on a fascinating journey in which the safe playground of the therapeutic situation, the therapist's playful engagement of the patient, and the latter's emergent ability to embrace playfully the liberating possibilities of psychoanalytic therapy figure as major signposts. Following a summary of research findings about the close relationship between meaning-making and playing in infancy, Sanville presents two cases that exemplify the differences involved in doing therapy with children who can, and cannot, play. She then proceeds to a series of analogous adult cases, paying special attention to the diverse ways in which a stunted or conflict-ridden capacity to play is implicated in psychopathology, even as the maturation of this capacity is intrinsic to succesful treatment.

Spis treści

Meaning Making and Playing in Infancy. A Child Who Cannot Play. A Child Who Cannot Play: A Contemporary Little Hans. The Scene: Space and Time of the Therapeutic Playground. Playgrounds for Transference and Countertransference. The Work: Building a Playground with an Unplayful Adult. Re-railing the Dialogue. Primary Trauma: Work, Love, and Play Toward Repair. Dreams as Private Playthings. The Psychomythology of Everyday Life. Playing and Interpretation. Endings and New Beginnings. The Play of Psychotherapy.

O autorze

Jean B. Sanville