The Metaphor of Play: Disruption and Restoration in the Borderline Experience

By Russell Meares

Book Overview

Shows how borderline psychiatric patients can be treated by understanding their sense of self and the fragility of their sense of existence. Meares believes that the play of the pre-school child, and a mental activity similar to it in the adult, is necessary to the growth of a healthy self.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876682751
• ISBN13: 9780876682753
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.1" x 6.4"