Facing the damage together. Some reflections arising from the treatment in psychotherapy of a severely mentally handicapped child

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-302

  Emanuel, Louise ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Attachment; Eating disorders; Mental handicap; Psychoanalytic psychotherapy; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0030828255     PISSN: 0075417X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00754179708254547     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Alvarez, A. (1992) Live Company. London and New York: Tavistock/Routledge.
2. Bick, E. (1967) 'The experiences of the skin in early object relations'. In Collected Papers of Martha Harris and Esther Bick. London: The Roland Harris Education Trust.
3. Bion, W. (1962) Learning from Experience. London: Heineman.
4. Bion, W. (1967) 'On hallucination'. In Second Thoughts. New York: Jason Aronson.
5. Emanuel, R. (1984) 'Primary disappointment'. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 10(1): 71-87.
6. Freud, S. (1917) 'Mourning and melancholia'. SE 14.
7. Klein, M. (1940) 'Mourning and its relation to manic-depressive states'. In Love, Guilt and Reparation. London: Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis.
8. Lessing, D. (1988) The Fifth Child. London: Flamingo.
9. Meltzer, D. (1975) 'Dimensionality in mental functioning'. In Explorations in Autism. Strath Tay: Clunie Press.
10. Meltzer, D. (1988) 'On aesthetic reciprocity'. In Meltzer, D. and Harris Williams, M. The Apprehension of Beauty. Strath Tay: Clunie Press, pp. 42-58.
11. Sinason, V. (1992) 'Finding meaning without words' and 'Primary and secondary handicap'. In Mental Handicap and the Human Condition. London: Free Association Books, pp. 229 and 123.
12. Steiner, J. (1992) Psychic Retreats. London and New York: Routledge.
13. Stokes, J. (1987) 'Insights from psychotherapy'. Paper presented at International Symposium on Mental Handicap, Royal Society of Medicine, 25 February.
14. Tustin, F. (1983) Thoughts on autism with special reference to a paper by Melanie Klein'. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 9: 119-31.