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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Psychoanalytic Thinking in Occupational Therapy: Symbolic, Relational and Transformative -- Contents -- Foreword by Sheena Blair -- Foreword by Paul Hoggett -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Finding our way -- Finding the words -- Conclusions -- References -- Section 1: Psychoanalytic Theory Interwoven with Occupational Therapy -- 2 The 'Therapeutic Use of Self' in Occupational Therapy -- Conscious and unconscious communication -- 'The important thing is to connect' -- Client-centred practice in occupational therapy -- Concerns with client-centred practice -- The illness narratives -- A story without animals -- On not liking a patient -- On becoming a therapist -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 An Occupational Therapy Perspective on Freud, Klein and Bion -- Introduction -- Freud (1856-1939) -- Free association, free-floating attention -- Transference -- The unconscious -- Klein (1882-1960) -- Play -- The internal object and the inner world -- Projective identification -- Bion (1897-1979) -- Thinking thoughts: learning from experience -- The container-contained model -- No memory, no desire -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 The Function of 'Doing' in the Intermediate Space: Donald Winnicott and Occupational Therapy -- Introduction -- Inhabiting the intermediate space -- Adding doing to the transitional space -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Beyond Bowlby: Exploring the Dynamics of Attachment -- Introduction -- Beginning with Bowlby -- Towards well-being -- Careseeking -- Caregiving -- Exploratory interest sharing -- Affectionate sexuality -- Self-defence -- Internal and External Supportive and Unsupportive Systems -- Restoring occupational well-being -- Assisting caregiving awareness -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Re-awakening Psychoanalytic Thinking in Occupational Therapy: From Gail Fidler to Here -- Introduction |
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Psycho-social research methods -- Participant observation: creating an internal map of psycho-social work -- Interviews, interpretation and ethical endeavours -- Beneath the surface -- Ethical endeavours -- Learning from the participant -- Conclusions -- References -- 11 Understanding the Use of Emotional Content in Therapy Using Occupational Therapists' Narratives -- Introductory considerations -- Part 1: The lived experience of MOVI -- The therapists -- MOVI as a change agent for the therapist -- Working with the person and not with the pathology -- Emotions about doing -- The therapist's recognition of emotions -- Choice of activity by the patient -- Acceptance and closeness in the relationship -- The influence of time -- Reflections on the first study -- Part 2: The emotional significance of objects in therapy -- The therapists -- Turning point in the therapy -- Emotional expression -- Emotions of the therapist -- Symbolic meaning -- Competency feelings -- Reflections on the second study -- Part 3: Closing reflections on what we learned from listening to therapists' narratives -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 Training Experiences to Develop Psychoanalytic Thinking -- Introduction -- Using analytical psychodrama for teaching -- What is psychodrama? -- How MOVI uses analytical psychodrama -- The emergence of a reflective group -- Conclusions -- Learning from baby observation -- The 'inner world' -- Conclusions -- Afterword -- References -- 13 The Relational Space of Supervision -- Introduction -- The traditional role of supervision in occupational therapy -- The psychodynamic influence to supervision -- The landscape of possibility -- Reflective practice -- The supervisory space -- Considering boundaries in supervision -- Enlightening the supervisory process: the means by which the client is brought to supervision -- On reflection -- Conclusions |
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The lasting concepts introduced by Fidler: occupation and relationship -- The unconscious: fear and fascination -- Psychoanalytically trained occupational therapists -- Changes in psychoanalysis itself -- An enlarged field: from the Fidler approach to the development of the MOVI -- The transformation process: standing in the spaces with Anna -- Choice as a fixed part of the structure of the setting: Valeria -- The importance of the therapist's feelings: the therapy process with Lucia -- Conclusions -- References -- Section 2: Psychoanalytic Occupational Therapy: A Relational Practice Model and Illuminating Theory in Clinical Practice -- 7 MOVI: A Relational Model in Occupational Therapy -- Introduction: how MOVI was developed -- What is MOVI? -- Specific characteristics of MOVI -- The components of MOVI -- Evaluation -- The interactive process -- The setting -- space and time -- Choice and play -- Materials and transformations -- Sensory experience and thought -- The nonhuman environment -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Let the Children Speak -- Introduction -- Could Freud be responsible? -- Was mum or dad the culprit? -- The language of unnamed emotions -- The malleable mind -- The toxic narrative -- Let the children speak -- Conclusions -- References -- 9 Working with Difference -- Learning from the other -- Employing the split position: evoking admiration and/or fear of contamination -- Apartheid: the exploitation of difference and the personal price of racism -- Avoiding difference: a need for fusion -- Containing difference: finding oneself in relation to the other -- Some further thoughts on working with difference -- Conclusions -- References -- Section 3: Further Psychoanalytic Thinking: Research and Training -- 10 Psychoanalytic Thinking in Research -- The regeneration of psychoanalytic theory in social science |
| Summary |
Lindsey Nicholls, PhD, is a lecturer at Brunel University, London, UK. Her doctorial study used psychoanalytic theory to explore the symbolic and relational encounters between occupational therapists and their clients in acute medical settings. Julie Cunningham-Piergrossi is a psychoanalytically trained occupational therapist, Milan, Italy. Carolina de Sena-Gibertoni is a psychoanalytically trained occupational therapist, Milan, Italy. Margaret Daniel is a Clinical Specialist OT in Psychotherapy working in a NHS Psychotherapy Clinic in Glasgow, Scotland and is a senior accredited counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy |
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References -- Index |
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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
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Occupational therapy -- Psychology.
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Occupational therapy.
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Psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalytic Theory
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Psychoanalytic theory
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Psychotherapy.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Daniel, Margaret
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Gibertoni, Carolina de Sena.
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Piergrossi, Julie Cunningham.
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| ISBN |
1118511840 |
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9781118511848 |
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