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The Metaphor of Play: Origin and Breakdown of Personal Being - Softcover

Meares, Russell

 
9781583919675: The Metaphor of Play: Origin and Breakdown of Personal Being
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1583919678 ISBN 13: 9781583919675
Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Personality disorder can be conceived as the result of a disruption on the development of self. This thoroughly updated edition of The Metaphor of Play examines how those who have suffered such disruption can be treated by understanding their sense of self and the fragility of their sense of existence.

Based on the Conversational Model, this book demonstrates that the play of a pre-school child, and a mental activity similar to it in the adult, is necessary to the growth of a healthy self. The three sections of the book - Development, Disruption and Amplification and Integration - introduce such concepts as the exceptional field, paradoxical restoration, reversal, value and fit, and coupling, amplification and representation.

This highly readable and lucid presentation of the role of play in the development of self will be of interest not only to therapists but also to those interested in the larger issues of mind and consciousness.

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Russell Meares

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1583919678
ISBN 13 
9781583919675
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
272