Elizabeth Burford

Gravity and the Creation of Self

An Exploration of Self Representations Using Spatial Concepts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how physical structures that children create in play reflect their own inner emotional landscape. Burford focuses on these physical expressions of the internal processes and their application in psychotherapy, with particular reference to the pioneering work of the child psychotherapist Margaret Lowenfield.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781853025570
• ISBN-10: 1853025577
• Artikelnr.: 23588079

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Burford lives in London and has worked with children as a teacher and a psychotherapist for 40 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Gravity and the upright position. 2. James: a case study.
3. The development of wholeness. 4. Jackie: a case study. 5. Difficulties
over autonomy and a sense of direction. 6. Energy, power and access to
resources. 7. Gravity and social forces. 8. Appendix: a Piaget type test of
object consistency. References.