Theory and Practice in Child Psychoanalysis : An Introduction to the Work of Francoise Dolto

ISBN-13: 9781855755741 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str.

Guy Hall; Francoise Hivernel; Sian Morgan

Opis

During her lifetime, Francoise Dolto revolutionized the psychoanalytic understanding of childhood. As an early pioneer, she emphasized that the child is to be recognized from birth as a person. As a gifted and innovative clinician, Dolto developed her ideas about the unconscious image of the body. An image that is unique to each individual and linked to both a person's history and narcissism, rather then their physicality. It is the symbolic incarnation of a person's desires. Dolto began her career as a member of the IPA, was admired by Winnicot, close to Lacan and influenced by Morgenstern. Her life witnessed an extraordinary evolution from the conservatism of her parents, through the second World War, to the turbulence of Paris in the 1950s and '60s. In the succeeding years, Dolto made a number of original contributions to the understanding of psychosis, neonatology, female sexuality, education and religion. Although controversial, she was able to write both for the general public and for professional colleagues. In 1979, Dolto opened La Maison Verte, as a specialist center for the practical application of her theories. Similar centers have since been created around the world. Dolto continued to write and teach until her death in 1988.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Françoise Dolto: a biography -- Françoise Dolto’s contribution to neonatology -- Childhood psychosis -- Seeing the bigger picture -- The unconscious image of the body -- Gendering the libido: Françoise Dolto and female sexuality -- Homosexuality in women -- La Maison Verte: a place for words. Personal reflections on working with Françoise Dolto -- La Casa Verde: speech, listening, welcoming in Françoise Dolto’s work -- Desire, Dire, Dieu, and Dolto -- Chronology of the life of Françoise Dolto

O autorze

Guy Hall, Francoise Hivernel, Sian Morgan