The Prenatal Theme in Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9780367328528 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 176 str.

Philippe Ploye

Opis

This book is an attempt to examine whether patients in analysis or therapy can sometimes be said to form a kind of transference that not only operates at a prenatal level but can also lend itself to interpretation just like any other postnatal level of transference. The author considers whether the prenatal condition, usually conceived from a ps

Spis treści

Foreword -- Introduction -- Review of the literature -- Clinical material -- The placenta and its possible role in ego development -- Notes on placental symbolism -- Additional remarks about the literature concerned with prenatal life

O autorze

Philippe Ploye (1916-2005) was educated in the French Lycees of Toulon and Cherbourg. His main psychotherapy experience was gained at the Cassel Hospital, Richmond (1948-1981), and also at the Youth Custody Centre, Feltham (1988-1997). He has previously published various papers in journals.