Surviving Space: Papers on Infant Observation

ISBN-13: 9780367327187 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 342 str.

Andrew Briggs

Opis

Surviving Space is a collection of papers on infant observation and related issues by contemporary experts in the field, commemorating the centenary of Esther Bick and the unique contribution she has made to psychoanalytic theory. As part of the prestigious Tavistock Clinic Series, this is an essential addition to this highly-v

Spis treści

Series Editors' Preface -- Foreword -- The Life and Work of Esther Bick -- Introduction -- Pioneering Ideas: The Papers of Esther Bick -- Child analysis today [1962] -- Notes on infant observation in psycho-analytic training [1964] -- The experience of the skin in early object relations [1968] -- Further considerations on the function of the skin in early object relations -- Pushing at the Boundaries -- Three years of observation with Mrs Bick -- Mrs Bick and infant observation -- The relevance of infant and young-child observation in multidisciplinary assessments for the family courts -- Mrs Bick's contribution to the understanding of severe feeding difficulties and pervasive refusal -- Applying the observational method: observing organizations -- Secondary skin and culture: reflections on some aspects of teaching Traveller children -- Reflections on the function of the skin in psychosocial space -- The skin in early object relations revisited -- Whom does the skin belong to? Trauma, communication, and sense of self -- Failures to link: attacks or defects, disintegration or unintegration? -- Looking in the right place: complexity theory, psychoanalysis, and infant observation -- Endpiece

O autorze

Briggs, Andrew