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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450254803321

Autore

Edgcumbe Rose <1934-, >

Titolo

Anna Freud : a view of development, disturbance, and therapeutic techniques / / Rose Edgcumbe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

0-203-13146-0

1-280-32973-4

0-203-16963-8

1-134-85299-1

9786610329731

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Makers of Modern Psychotherapy

Disciplina

155.4

618.92/8917

Soggetti

Child analysis

Freud, Anna

Psychiatry

Age Groups

Persons

Behavioral Sciences

Medicine

Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Health Occupations

Child Psychiatry

Psychoanalysis

Child

Health & Biological Sciences

Neurology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [214]-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: three questions about Anna Freud's work; The basic theory; Observation;



Theories and techniques: controversies and repercussions; Frameworks, institutional, informational and theoretical: the developmental point of view; The developmental lines, further elaboration of developmental theory and later applications; Psychopathology and therapeutic technique; Conclusions: the legacy; Glossary; Chronology; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund, made many original contributions to psychoanalytic theory and child development, and yet much of her work remains relatively unknown. In this book, Rose Edgcumbe seeks to redress the situation. Taking a fresh look at Anna Freud's theories and techniques from a clinical and critical viewpoint, and the controversy they caused, she highlights how Anna Freud's work is still relevant and important to the problems of today's society, such as dysfunctional families, child delinquency and violence. It also plays a vital role in recent developments in therapeutic te