The Playground of Psychoanalytic Therapy

By Jean Sanville

Book Overview

Building on the foundations of the "independent tradition" of British object relations theory and modern infancy research, Sanville proffers a new understanding of the role of play in the clinical situation. She attends especially to the therapeutic situation as a safe playground, the therapist's playful engagement of the patient, and the patient's emergent ability to embrace playfully the liberating possibilities of psychoanalytic therapy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881630918
• ISBN13: 9780881630916
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"