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The Hands of the Living God: An Account of a Psycho-analytic Treatment
Marion Milner
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Description for The Hands of the Living God: An Account of a Psycho-analytic Treatment
Paperback. Originally published: London: Hogarth Press, 1969. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
At once autobiographical and psychoanalytic, The Hands of the Living God, first published in 1969, provides a detailed case study of Susan who, during a 20-year long treatment, spontaneously discovers the capacity to do doodle drawings. An important focus of the book is the drawings themselves, 150 of which are reproduced in the text, and their deep unconscious perception of the battle between sanity and madness. It is these drawings, linked with Milner's sensitive and lucid record of the therapeutic encounter, that give the book its unique and compelling ... Read more
At once autobiographical and psychoanalytic, The Hands of the Living God, first published in 1969, provides a detailed case study of Susan who, during a 20-year long treatment, spontaneously discovers the capacity to do doodle drawings. An important focus of the book is the drawings themselves, 150 of which are reproduced in the text, and their deep unconscious perception of the battle between sanity and madness. It is these drawings, linked with Milner's sensitive and lucid record of the therapeutic encounter, that give the book its unique and compelling ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
593g
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415550703
SKU
V9780415550703
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99-3
About Marion Milner
Marion Milner (1900-1998) was a distinguished British psychoanalyst, educationalist, autobiographer and artist.
Reviews for The Hands of the Living God: An Account of a Psycho-analytic Treatment
[This is] a book about art (and writing about art), about emptiness, breathing, ordinary language, mysticism, the body, the sexes, childhood, parenting, impersonality, God, theory, exchange, change, tact, forms of inattention, belief, scepticism ... - Adam Phillips, from the Introduction.