Fr. 206.00

Internal Landscapes and Foreign Bodies - Eating Disorders and Other Pathologies

English · Hardback

Shipping usually within 1 to 3 weeks (not available at short notice)

Description

Read more










Klein's model of projective and introjective processes and Bion's model of the relationship between container and contained have become increasingly significant in clinical work. Here, the author elucidates the psychodynamics of these processes in the context of eating disorders in both sexes.

List of contents










Series Editors' Preface -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- The Inner World of the Child -- Thinking and Learning in Deprived Children -- Double Deprivation -- On Gang Dynamics -- Self-Esteem and Object Esteem -- On the Process of Internalisation -- Poor Feeders -- Reversal of the `Container/Contained' Relationship -- The No-Entry System of Defences -- On Introjective Processes -- Foreign Bodies

About the author

Gianna Williams trained as a child and adult therapist and was part of the teaching staff of the Tavistock Clinic in the 1970s and later Consultant Psychotherapist at the Adolescent Department of the Tavistock, where in 1987 she founded the Eating Disorders Workshop. She has taught at the Tavistock Clinic and University of East London, and the Universities of Pisa and Bologna and has founded numerous courses based on the Tavistock model in Italy, France and Latin America.

Summary

Klein's model of projective and introjective processes and Bion's model of the relationship between container and contained have become increasingly significant in clinical work. Here, the author elucidates the psychodynamics of these processes in the context of eating disorders in both sexes.

Customer reviews

No reviews have been written for this item yet. Write the first review and be helpful to other users when they decide on a purchase.

Write a review

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Write your own review.

For messages to CeDe.ch please use the contact form.

The input fields marked * are obligatory

By submitting this form you agree to our data privacy statement.