1st Edition

The Prenatal Theme in Psychotherapy

By Philippe Ploye Copyright 2006
    176 Pages
    by Routledge

    176 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is an attempt to examine whether patients in analysis or therapy can sometimes be said to form a kind of transference that not only operates at a prenatal level but can also lend itself to interpretation just like any other postnatal level of transference.

    Foreword -- Introduction -- Review of the literature -- Clinical material -- The placenta and its possible role in ego development -- Notes on placental symbolism -- Additional remarks about the literature concerned with prenatal life

    Biography

    Philippe Ploye (1916-2005) was educated in the French Lycees of Toulon and Cherbourg. His main psychotherapy experience was gained at the Cassel Hospital, Richmond (1948-1981), and also at the Youth Custody Centre, Feltham (1988-1997). He has previously published various papers in journals.