Main description:

This book is the first to use psychoanalysis as a basis for exploring how occupational therapists do their work, and it incorporates a new conceptual model to guide practice. The authors emphasize the role of the unconscious in all that people do and are, and argue that activities (or occupations) are simultaneously real (i.e. tangible) and symbolic. Ideal for academic and clinical occupational therapists, this book will also appeal to psychotherapists.

Contents:

Foreword by Sheena Blair vii Foreword by Paul Hoggett ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 Section 1 Psychoanalytic Theory Interwoven with Occupational Therapy 13 2 The Therapeutic Use of Self in Occupational Therapy 15 3 An Occupational Therapy Perspective on Freud, Klein and Bion 32 4 The Function of Doing in the Intermediate Space: Donald Winnicott and Occupational Therapy 57 5 Beyond Bowlby: Exploring the Dynamics of Attachment 68 6 Re-awakening Psychoanalytic Thinking in Occupational Therapy: From Gail Fidler to Here 87 Section 2 Psychoanalytic Occupational Therapy: A Relational Practice Model and Illuminating Theory in Clinical Practice 103 7 MOVI: A Relational Model in Occupational Therapy 105 8 Let the Children Speak 128 9 Working with Difference 145 Section 3 Further Psychoanalytic Thinking: Research and Training 163 10 Psychoanalytic Thinking in Research 165 11 Understanding the Use of Emotional Content in Therapy Using Occupational Therapists Narratives 186 12 Training Experiences to Develop Psychoanalytic Thinking 202 13 The Relational Space of Supervision 222 Index 239