Joyce Mcdougall

McDougall looks at people who react to psychological distress through somatic manifestations, and at the psychosomatic potential of individuals in those moments when habitual psychological ways of coping are overwhelmed, and the body pantomimes the mind's distress. Meer

Using the theatre as a central metaphor, this text provides a flexible framework to explore the psychic realities of the characters within us. Case studies underscore how different kinds of patients construct particular fantasies as a response to the pain of earlier life scenarios. Meer

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This book presents the Donald Winnicott Memorial Lecture, an annual event designed for a wide audience of professionals and other involved with children. Meer