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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822117203321

Autore

Midgley Nick <1968-, >

Titolo

Reading Anna Freud / / Nick Midgley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-21671-5

0-203-09598-7

1-136-21672-3

1-283-86149-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

The new library of psychoanalysis teaching series ; ; 7

Disciplina

150.19/52092

Soggetti

Psychoanalysts

Developmental therapy for children

Child analysis

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Anna freud: a chronology -- Introduction: Anna Freud, her life, and work -- Psychoanalysis with children -- The application of psychoanalytic ideas to education -- The ego and the mechanisms of defence -- The Hampstead war nurseries -- Psychoanalytic research and the observation of children -- The psychoanalytic treatment of adults -- The assessment and diagnosis of childhood disorders -- Developmental psychopathology -- Child analysis and developmental therapy -- Psychoanalysis and paediatrics : the care of children in hospital -- Children and the law -- Conclusion: the legacy of anna freud -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

What place do Anna Freud's ideas have in the history of psychoanalysis? What can her writings teach us today about how to work therapeutically with children? Are her psychoanalytic ideas still relevant to those entrusted with the welfare of infants and young people? Reading Anna Freud provides an accessible introduction to the writings of one of the most significant figures in the history of psychoanalysis. Each chapter introduces a number of her key papers, with clear summaries of the main ideas, historical background, a discussion of the influence and