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.
"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.
"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.
Foreword , , Preface , Introduction , Psychogenic Autism , The nature
of psychogenic autism: an overview , The growth of understanding : a personal
statement , Thoughts on psychogenic autism with special reference to a paper
by Melanie Klein , A significant element in the development of psychogenic
autism , Situations which may precipitate psychogenic autism , Autistic
objects , Autistic shapes exemplified in childhood psychopathology , Autistic
shapes exemplified in adult psychopathology , Shapes associated with
emergence from psychogenic autism , A glimpse into the world of an autistic
child , Psychogenic autism in neurotic patients , Falling , Spilling and
dissolving , The development of I-ness , Anorexia nervosa in an adolescent
girl , The rhythm of safety , Psychotherapy with psychogenic autistic states
, Concluding Remarks
Frances Tustin
