Play and Playfulness - Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Aspects

Appearing nearly forty years after the last significant text on the topic, this book brings the psychoanalytic theory on play truly up to date and elucidates its significance for clinical work with the help of illustrative clinical vignettes.

About the author

Monisha C. Akhtar, PhD, is a faculty member at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, PA. She maintains a private practice in Ardmore, PA.

Summary

Appearing nearly forty years after the last significant text on the topic, this book brings the psychoanalytic theory on play truly up to date and elucidates its significance for clinical work with the help of illustrative clinical vignettes.

Product details

• Authors: Akhtar, Monisha Akhtar, Monisha C. Akhtar
• Assisted by: Monisha Akhtar (Editor), Monisha C. Akhtar (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2014
• EAN: 9781442235106
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3510-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy: child & adolescent, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental, and lifespan psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis