The Marion Milner Tradition: Lines of Development: Evolution of Theory and Practice Over the Decades

ISBN-13: 9781138359758 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 304 str.

Boyle Spelman, Margaret

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The Marion Milner Tradition provides a comprehensive overview of Milner’s eight-volume oeuvre for the first time, and celebrates her pioneering achievements both in psychoanalytic world, and in creative and scientific disciplines such as clinical and organisational psychology, philosophy, mindfulness and spirituality.

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Section I: Marion Blackett Milner life and legacy INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I: 1. 'Joy to be hidden': thoughts from a biographer 2. Some essential concepts of Marion Blackett Milner: Framing, Concentration, Absentmindedness, Rêverie 3. 'The Pliable Medium' 4. Winnicott and Milner - recognising the legacy of collegial love 5. The Use Creativity Can Make of Pain 6. Talking with Marion Milner about Donald W. Winnicott and about herself (1981) 7. 'What a lovely woman: my youthful encounters with Marion Milner (1985-1998) 8. Interview with Marion Milner (1990) 9. 'Tea' with Marion Milner (1996) 10. My friend, Marion Milner  Section II: Clinical applications: Milner in the psychoanalytic consulting room  INTRODUCTION TO SECTION II  11. 'Access to darkly hidden powers'—the context to Marion Milner's psychoanalytic training and clinical work 12. 'My Analyst Marion Milner'     Preface to Chapters 13 and 14: Marion Milner behind the couch  13. 'I was her last Training Case' - analysis with Marion Milner and supervision with Winnicott  14. 'Marion was uniquely placed to understand'... (analyses with Marion Milner and with Donald Winnicott)  15. Marion Milner: thinking together... (on her supervision with Milner 1977-1978)  16. 'A meaningful encounter' - my supervision with Marion Milner (1990-1993)   17. 'Holding and Visceral Attention': bodily concentration of an analyst under COVID-19 lockdown  Section III: Milner: art and creativity INTRODUCTION TO SECTION III 18. 'Milner and the origins of creativity': from symbolism to symbol formation and illusion  19. 'The Chosen Medium': Milner's art  20. Introduction to Marion Milner's work on creativity and art  21. Remembering Marion Milner (from 1981 to 1998)  22. 'Jugs, Mugs, and Goblets': Comments on Marion Milner's artistic insights  23. 'Scrappy observations'  24. 'A Deeper-rooted Kind of Knowing'   25. 'What sort of Mrs Milner is she?' Thinking the experience mostly in words  26. 'A Womb of One's Own': holding hands, mutual muddlement, and the so-slow finding of feet in Marion Milner's creative clinical cradling of 'Susan'  Section IV: Milner's books and other endeavours  INTRODUCTION TO SECTION IV  27. The Human Problem in Schools: A refined application of psychological ideals  28. Marion Milner: a many-branched psychologist at work: (The human problem in schools)  29. 'Diaries over a lifetime': the diary-work of Marion Milner: A Life of One's Own; Experiment in Leisure; Eternity's Sunrise; Bothered by Alligators  30. 'What Sort of Therapist Are You?' Reflections on The Suppressed Madness of Sane Men  31. 'Letting oneself be breathed'—On Not Being Able to Paint   32. 'The insides of solid things' - On Not Being Able to Paint   33. Q&A with Marion Milner on The Hands of the Living God   34. 'The Play of Opposites' - Milner's last book: Bothered by Alligators   Section V: About Marion: Recollections and reflections  INTRODUCTION TO SECTION V  35. 'Granny Plasticine' - my grandmother Marion Blackett Milner    36. 'Words made flesh...' On editing Marion Milner   37. 'The Visitation'   38. 'Marion on the Swing'   39. 'Marion on the Drums'   40. 'Marion Milner, Shakespeare and fashion'   41. 'Getting to know Marion Milner': An unexpected gift from the late Andreas Giannakoulas   42. 'It Thought Me' - on interviewing Marion Milner  Epilogue: Marion Milner: 'A mind becoming more aware of itself'