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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964199303321

Autore

Edgcumbe Rose <1934->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-85298-3

0-8052-3910-3

0-203-13146-0

1-280-32973-4

0-203-16963-8

1-134-85299-1

9786610329731

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

The makers of modern psychotherapy

Disciplina

618.928917

Soggetti

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

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