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Independent Women in British Psychoanalysis celebrates the lives and work of seven female psychoanalysts whose significant contributions to the Independent Tradition have hitherto been overshadowed by their male counterparts.
List of contents
Part I Setting the SceneIntroduction: On Becoming
1. The Core Question: 'What is mind?'
2. Bloomsbury and the early evolution of British psychoanalysis
Part II Independent Women
3. Ella Sharpe: Being Independent, following Freud
4. The Exceptional contributions of Marjory Brierley: affects, mediation and countertransference
5. Paula Heimann: Becoming Independent
6. Marion Milner: The Pliable Self
7. Doing things differently: Pearl King's independent contribution
8. Nina Coltart's Colourful ways of Listening
9. Enid Balint's imaginative perception: the creation of mutuality in the consulting room
About the author
Elizabeth Wolf is a training and supervising analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society and works full-time in psychoanalytic private practice.
Barbie Antonis is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society, teaches at the British Society and is co-Chair of the Winnicott Trust.
Summary
Independent Women in British Psychoanalysis celebrates the lives and work of seven female psychoanalysts whose significant contributions to the Independent Tradition have hitherto been overshadowed by their male counterparts.
