Forensic Psychotherapy and Psychopathology - Winnicottian Perspectives

This coherent and compelling book enriches the developing field of forensic psychotherapy, and illustrates how Winnicott's thinking continues to inform psychoanalytical work with deprived, delinquent, and forensic patients. Brett Kahr brings together the work of eminent clinicians who have combined a wide range of thought-provoking clinical material with careful theoretical discussion.

List of contents

Series Foreword , Foreword , Introduction: Winnicott’s contribution to the study of dangerousness , Winnicott: a beginning , Babies as transitional objects , Primary maternal persecution , Children who kill their teddy bears , Deprivation and delinquency in the treatment of the adolescent forensic patient , On pseudo-normality: a contribution to the psychopathology of adolescence , Vomit as a transitional object , Transitional objects in the treatment of primitive mental states , D. W. Winnicott and the understanding of sexual perversions , On the capacity for being inside enough

About the author

Brett Kahr

Summary

This exceptional book adds to the fast growing area of forensic psychotherapy and shows the relevance of Winnicott's work to therapy with some of the most deprived in our society.

Product details

• Authors: Brett Kahr, Vamik Volkan
• Assisted by: Brett Kahr (Editor), Brett Kahr (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Karnac Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9781855752375
• ISBN: 978-1-85575-237-5
• No. of pages: 147
• Series: The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series; New Forensic; The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series; Forensic Psychotherapy Monogra
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology