The Hands of the Living God: An Account of a Psycho-analytic Treatment
by Marion Milner
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At once autobiographical and psychoanalytic, The Hands of the Living God, first published in 1969, provides a detailed case study of Susan who, during a 20-year long treatment, spontaneously discovers the capacity to do doodle drawings. An important focus of the book is the drawings themselves, 150 of which are reproduced in the text, and their deep unconscious perception of the battle between sanity and madness. It is these drawings, linked with Milner's sensitive and lucid record of the show more therapeutic encounter, that give the book its unique and compelling interest. With a new introduction by Adam Phillips, The Hands of the Living God is essential reading for all those with an interest in the fields of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy and, more widely, to those involved in therapy and the arts. show lessTags
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A detailed account of a case study of someone too divided within herself. In the treatment, lasting over 20 years, 'Susan' suddenly and spontaneously discovered the capacity to do doodle drawings. It was partly for this reason and also in order to clarify, both for herself and for others, what she was learning from her patients that Marion Milner wrote the book. But the ultimate stimulus came from the drawings themselves, with their deep unconscious perception of the nature of the battle between sanity and madness.
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