6. The Roar of the Tiger-Lion:
Pathological Patterns of Attachment and
Structures of Accommodation
Presenter: |
Jacqueline Hanley, Dipl. TCPP, MCAPCT |
Discussant: |
John A. Sloan, MD, FRCP(C) |
Self Psychology Page | 23rd Conference Program
Overview
This presentation will deal with the application of self psychological principles to play therapy with a disturbed but remarkably imaginative child in the context of her deeply conflicted family. It illustrates the role of affect attunement, authentic self-expression and both consciously playful and unconscious enactments on the part of the analyst in the development of selfobject transferences that enhanced the child’s sense of "realness" of self and others.