Emilia Halton-Hernandez (UK University of Essex)

The Marion Milner Method

Psychoanalysis, Autobiography, Creativity

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Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the development of British psychoanalyst Marion Milnerâ s (1900-1998) autobiographical acts throughout her lifetime, proposing that Milner is a thinker to whom we can turn to explore the therapeutic potentialities of autobiographical and creative self-expression.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 234mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781032282954
• ISBN-10: 1032282959
• Artikelnr.: 67255715

Autorenporträt

Emilia Halton-Hernandez is Lecturer in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex. She has written on psychoanalysis, the infant mind, visual art, and literature. She lives in Brighton and London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: The Milner Method 1. A Life of One's Own and the birth
of a diary keeping method to rival psychoanalysis 2. On Not Being Able to
Paint and drawing and painting for psychoanalysis 3. Bothered by Alligators
and compensating for the failures of a "couch analysis" Part 2: The Milner
Tradition 4. Tracing Milner's influence in the twentieth century 5. Milner
in the comic frame: Lynda Barry and Alison Bechdel's autobiographical cures
6. Conclusion: In search of legibility?