Psychoanalytic Thinking in Occupational Therapy: Symbolic, Relational and Transformative

This book is the first to use psychoanalysis as a basis for exploring how occupational therapists do their work, and it incorporates a new conceptual model to guide practice. The authors emphasize the role of the unconscious in all that people do and are, and argue that activities (or occupations) are simultaneously real (i.e. tangible) and symbolic. Ideal for academic and clinical occupational therapists, this book will also appeal to psychotherapists.

Author: Lindsey Nicholls, Julie Cunningham-Piergrossi, Carolina De Sena-Gibertoni
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 02/11/2013
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780470655863

About the Author
Lindsey Nicholls, PhD, is a lecturer at Brunel University, London, UK. Her doctorial study used psychoanalytic theory to explore the symbolic and relational encounters between occupational therapists and their clients in acute medical settings.

Julie Cunningham-Piergrossi is a psychoanalytically trained occupational therapist, Milan, Italy.

Carolina de Sena-Gibertoni is a psychoanalytically trained occupational therapist, Milan, Italy.

Margaret Daniel is a Clinical Specialist OT in Psychotherapy working in a NHS Psychotherapy Clinic in Glasgow, Scotland and is a senior accredited counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.