The protective shell in children and adults / Frances Tustin
1990, First Edition. London : Karnac Books. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #436975
ISBN: 0946439818
Physical description; 241 p. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-229) and index. Contents; COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE What autism is and what autism is not; CHAPTER TWO To be or not to be; CHAPTER THREE Psychotherapy as a treatment for autistic children; CHAPTER FOUR Confirmations of findings from psychotherapy with autistic children; CHAPTER FIVE Psychotherapy with children who cannot play; CHAPTER SIX The child who taught me about autistic encapsulation; CHAPTER SEVEN The autistic capsule in neurotic adult patients; CHAPTER EIGHT Other workers' applications of findings from autistic children to neurotic adult patients. CHAPTER NINE Being born from the autistic shell: becoming part of a groupCHAPTER TEN Autism in an adult patient; CHAPTER ELEVEN Closing remarks; CHAPTER TWELVE A statement; THE BROKEN BOND; REFERENCES; INDEX. Subjects; Autism. Child psychiatry. Autistic Disorder etiology. Autistic Disorder therapy. Psychotherapy. Child. Infant. Child psychotherapy. Children. Infants.
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