Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g
Origin and Breakdown of Personal Being
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g
ISBN: 978-1-58391-967-5
Verlag: Routledge
Personality disorder can be conceived as the result of a disruption on the development of self. This thoroughly updated edition of The Metaphor of Play examines how those who have suffered such disruption can be treated by understanding their sense of self and the fragility of their sense of existence.
Based on the Conversational Model, this book demonstrates that the play of a pre-school child, and a mental activity similar to it in the adult, is necessary to the growth of a healthy self. The three sections of the book - Development, Disruption and Amplification and Integration - introduce such concepts as the exceptional field, paradoxical restoration, reversal, value and fit, and coupling, amplification and representation.
This highly readable and lucid presentation of the role of play in the development of self will be of interest not only to therapists but also to those interested in the larger issues of mind and consciousness.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Gabbard, Foreword. Part I: Development. Play and the Sense of Self. The Secret. The Self as Double. I and the Other. The Role of Toys. Two Playrooms. Fragments of Space and of Self. Play, Coherence and Continuity. Value and Fit. Part II: Disruption. Body Feeling and Disjunction. Stimulus Entrapment. Transference and Trauma. Reversals. The Expectational Field. Restoration. Impasse: Paradoxical Restoration. False Self. The Mask. Part III: Amplification and Integration. A Drive to Play. Coupling, Amplification and Representation. Empathy. Dissolving the Trauma. A Self Organising System.
