 EDITED
BY KATE WHITE
Drawn from the tenth John Bowlby Memorial
Conference, this fascinating book explores the much
neglected and taboo topic of touch within therapy and
how it relates to the developmental and psychoanalytic
process.
' Playing on Winnicott’s famous claim that there
is no such thing as a baby but only a baby-inrelation,Susie
Orbach persuasively declares that there is no such thing
as a body!’ Lewis Aron, Ph.D., Director, New York
University, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy &Psychoanalysis.
Co-editor with F. S. Anderson, (1998) of Relational
Perspectives on the Body
• includes contributions from a wide range of
professional backgrounds.
• contains two papers from pioneering analyst
Susie Orbach.
• explores issues of the body and the historically
taboo subject of touch in psychoanalysis.
• is a significant and valuable addition to the
exploration of the body in contemporary
relational psychoanalysis.
A
thought-provoking and challenging book for all mental
health professionals.
KATE WHITE is a registered Member of the Centre for
Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy where
she has been Chair of the Education Committee, and is
a training therapist, supervisor, and teacher. Formerly
senior lecturer at
South Bank University in the Department of Nursing and
Community Health Studies, she has used her extensive
experience in adult education in her work for the United
Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, where she chaired
the Training Standards and Membership Committee of the
Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Section. In addition
to working as an individual psychotherapist, Kate is
consultant to, and has run workshops for, a range of
community and mental health projects on the themes of
attachment and trauma. One of her particular interests
is in sibling relationships.
Contributors:
Anne Aiyegbusi, Brett Kahr, Bernice Laschinger, Susie
Orbach, Margot Sunderland, Colwyn Trevarthen
Series: None
Catalogue No: 18583
Price: £9.99 / $17.50
ISBN: 1855753618
Binding: Paper
Publication: March 2004
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