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"The symbolic impetus" was published by Free Association Books in 2001 - London, it has 292 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: The symbolic impetus
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 292
  • Publisher: Free Association Books
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  • Publish Location: London

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  • Pagination: xix, 292 p.

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"The symbolic impetus" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1
  • 2- Part I: Symbolic Fantasies that Foster Normal
  • 3- Development
  • 4- 1 Parent-Infant "Chemistry": The Double Bond 29
  • 5- 2 The Waking Dream of Infancy 50
  • 6- 3 Realization in Infancy 68
  • 7- 4 The Beginning of Make-Believe in Early Childhood 94
  • 8- 5 The Invisible Friend in the Preschool Period 114
  • 9- 6 The Social Realm in Middle Childhood 129
  • 10- 7 Rehearsals of Identity in Early Adolescence 148
  • 11- Part II: When Development Stumbles: The Healing Power of Symbols
  • 12- 8 The Chemistry and Alchemy of the Psychotherapeutic Relationship 173
  • 13- 9 Rediscovering Pretend 195
  • 14- 10 Imaginary Companions as Inner Healers 209
  • 15- 11 Community as Metaphor and Reality 222
  • 16- 12 Play and the Emergence of Cultural Attitudes 235
  • 17- Part III: Summing Up
  • 18- 13 Explaining an Amazing Transformation:
  • 19- The Symbolic Analysis of a Classic Case 251.

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