Book 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.
Lindsey Nicholls
, PhD, is a lecturer at Brunel University, London, UK. Her doctorial
study used psychoanalytic theory to explore the symbolic and relational
encounters between occupational therapists and their clients in acute
medical settings.
Julie Cunningham-Piergrossi
is a psychoanalytically trained occupational therapist, Milan, Italy.
Carolina de Sena-Gibertoni
is a psychoanalytically trained occupational therapist, Milan, Italy.
Margaret Daniel
is a Clinical Specialist OT in Psychotherapy working in a NHS
Psychotherapy Clinic in Glasgow, Scotland and is a senior accredited
counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and
Psychotherapy.
