The Story of Infant Development: Observational Work With Martha Harris - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1855754142 ISBN 13: 9781855754140

Casa editrice: Karnac Books, 2007

Riassunto

In this book the author presents some of the observation work that she had the privilege of presenting to Martha Harris for supervision between 1970 and 1984. These cases include infant observation, young child observation and play observation of three children who, for various psychopathological problems, were in hospital at the Institute of Child Neuropsychiatry at the University of Milan. Martha Harris’s supervisions were recorded, and in almost all instances preserved, and the tapes have been transcribed here. The case of Simone, which constitutes a major part of the book, particularly delighted her, since it afforded in great detail a record of an infant’s normal development, highlighting the passions, struggles, and vicissitudes inherent in ordinary life, so providing a role model against which psychopathological impediments may be measured and more clearly seen.

"What a pleasure it is to have this record of a sustained encounter with the inspirational teaching of Martha Harris, to whom a whole generation of child psychotherapists feel they owe their fundamental psychoanalytic education and approach to child development and family relationships. The book reminds us of her fresh and lively imagination, disciplined attention to the observational detail, and unrivalled capacity to contain and encourage her students. The children she discusses become complex and memorable individuals through her illuminating commentary. Indeed, her work offers a model of the integration of theory, clinical imagination and life wisdom, and allows the reader to share in the creation of meaning through dialogue." -- Margaret Rustin, Head of Child Psychotherapy, Tavistock Clinic

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'This precious book provides an opportunity for a valuable emotional and learning experience, particularly for those who did not meet Martha Harris when she was alive. It is a great gift to recapture the feeling of the seminars held by Mattie (as all of us who worked with her used to call her). She had an inimitable style and she was one of the most facilitating persons I have ever met. Martha Harris was an exquisite clinician and supervisor of clinical work but she felt passionately that the study of normal development against which psychopathological development can be measured was an essential foundation for the training of all in the helping professions as well as for future clinicians. This book, where we can hear Mattie speak with her own voice as so little in the text has been amended is a marvellous opportunity for people who did not have the chance to meet her to get to know her; and it is an incredible privilege to re-establish contact with her twenty years after her death for those of us who found her and still find her a unique source of inspiration. I will conclude by paraphrasing something I have heard her say more than once: the only way to develop resides in an intimate internal relationship with people, dead or alive, who have inspired us.' --Gianna Polacco Williams

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Karnac Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1855754142
• ISBN 13: 9781855754140
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 235
• Redattore: Williams Meg Harris
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile