A Woman's Unconscious Use of Her Body: A Psychoanalytical Perspective

By Dinora Pines

Book Overview

Drawing on Dinora Pines' lifetime of clinical experience this classic book provides a psychoanalytic understanding of women's relationships with their bodies, focusing on key moments in women's lives.

With chapters organised to follow the female life-cycle, topics covered include:

the turbulence of adolescence pregnancy and childbirth infertility and abortion menopause and old age the traumatic effects of surviving the Holocaust.

With a foreword from Susie Orbach, this book will be of interest to mental health professionals including counsellors, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415558077
• ISBN13: 9780415558075
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"