Frances Tustin

The Protective Shell in Children and Adults (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book suggests that psychotherapeutic treatment which is based on a deep understanding of the function of autism can modify and heal the overwhelming need for this powerful inbuilt survival reaction, so that it is used appropriately in a less overall and crippling way. The author's theme in this book concerns the protective and preservative aspects of the type of autism which seems to be mainly psychogenic in origin, although there may be a minimal organic and hormonal disturbances. The author attempts to clarify the specific differential characteristics of this disorder. Based on this clarification, the functions and handicaps that are unique to 'Psychogenic' autism are discussed, and their sources pinpointed. The author adds to our understanding of autistic children, and the autistic capsule in neurotic adult patients, by showing that the autistic recourse to what she calls autistic sensation objects and autistic sensation shapes has handicapped cognitive, social and emotional development, which are shown to be intertwined.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429921858
• Artikelnr.: 54039070

Autorenporträt

Tustin, Frances

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
What autism is and what autism is not
To be or not to be
Psychotherapy as a treatment for autistic children
Confirmations of findings from psychotherapy with autistic children
Psychotherapy with children who cannot play
The child who taught me about autistic encapsulation
The autistic capsule in neurotic adult patients
Other workers' applications of findings from autistic children to neurotic adult patients
Being born from the autistic shell: becoming part of a group
Autism in an adult patient
Closing remarks
A statement