Autistic Barriers in Neurotic Patients

Tustin, Frances

ISBN 10: 0946439249 / ISBN 13: 9780946439249

Published by Karnac Books, London, 1986. 326pp., 1986

Original cloth with dustjacket, minor traces of use, else a (very) good copy. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos. Seller Inventory # 236846843

Synopsis:

Hard cover with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. From the collection of Dr. Coline (Kitty) Covington, (1953-2023), a distinguished Jungian psychoanalyst and former chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council, ownership penned to front pastedown. Very occasional marginalia noted. Light shelf and handling wear, including tanning and minor creasing to jacket. Boards are in fine condition, pages tightly bound, and other than aforementioned marginalia, content unmarked. CN

Review: "[Tustin] deals very sensitively and sensibly with the knotty problem of parents' contribution to autistic development, providing a balanced interactive view which does not allocate blame. Her discussion of autistic objects and autistic shapes is illuminating and has widespread clinical applicability. This book is highly recommended reading" (Mary Boston, British Journal of Medical Psychology.)

"Finally I should say that it is written in a colloquial style and with a minimum of jargon which was the author's stated intention. Her ideas are expressed clearly and vividly with a refreshing lack of dogmatism. Anyone knowing the powerful impact these children can have on their therapist must pay tribute to the inner strength and security required to treat them with any degree of success." (H.S. Klein, International Review of Psycho-Analysis)

"This is a significant book. There is much new thinking in it which will provide discussion for some time to come. To my mind it has another value. In many ways the work provides a complement to Bion's theory and with its graphical clinical description could well contribute to the better integration of his work into the sphere of child psychotherapy. Frances Tustin is not always aware how closely her work matches that of Bion but she was analysed by him and will not be surprised to find herself sharing with him so much that is both adventurous and compassionate." (Sheila Spensley, Journal of Child Psychotherapy)

"In writing and publishing this book Tustin shows that the study of autism does not only help us to extend our understanding of the history of the nature and the quality of our perceptions and our reactions to the world, and to ourselves in the world, during the first few moments - seconds, minutes, hours or days - after our birth; it also helps us to understand, diagnose, del with and treat patients - child or adult - who present us with a wider spectrum of psychopathological conditions that we have been able to acknowledge and to comprehend." (Rosemary Gordon, Journal of Analytical Psychology)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Autistic Barriers in Neurotic Patients
Publisher: Karnac Books, London, 1986. 326pp.
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included