Spatial ideas are all-pervasive: they underlie verbal reasoning and are fundamental to the way we think, feel and behave. This study focuses on the physical expression of the internal processes and its application to psychotherapy, with particular reference to the work of child psychotherapist Margaret Lowenfeld. The author argues that how we perceive the external world and our place in it reflects our inner emotional landscape, and that our early strategies for resisting gravity to attain the upright position are transferred to our concepts of self-worth, power and independence. She uses case material to reinforce her proposition that physical and psychological ideas which develop during childhood are intimately related, and that in order to help distressed children, we must gain a fuller understanding of this relationship.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN-13
9781853025969
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94349289
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
Author
Irene Harwood, Malcolm Pines
Publication Name
Self Experiences in Group: Intersubjective and Self Psychological Pathways to Human Understanding
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Psychology
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
159mm
Item Weight
402g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
International Library of Group Analysis
Editor
Malcolm Pines, Irene Harwood
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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