Based on work done with teachers at the Tavistock Clinic in London, this book aims to be of help to teachers at every level of the education system from infant to tertiary.

The authors - who are experienced teachers and analysts - examine the ways in which Kleinian and psyhoanalytic ideas can be put to work in the classroom. The role of phantasy in the student-teacher relationship receives detailed attention.

First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.