The Anna Freud Tradition: Lines of Development - Evolution and Theory and Practice Over the Decades

449 Pages·2011·1.08 MB·English

by  Norka T. Malberg

THE ANNA FREUD TRADITION
LINES OF DEVELOPMENT
Evolution of Theory and Practice over the Decades
Series Editors: Norka T. Malberg and Joan Raphael-Leff
THE ANNA FREUD TRADITION
Lines of Development—Evolution of Theory
and Practice over the Decades
Edited by
Norka T. Malberg and Joan Raphael-Leff
First published in 2012 by
Karnac Books Ltd
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Copyright © 2012 to Norka T. Malberg and Joan Raphael-Leff for the edited collection, and to the
individual authors for their contributions.
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To all who have been touched in one way or another by the work of Anna Freud,
especially children and their families.
And to our own families who support our work and keep us grounded.

CONTENTS
SERIES EDITORS’ FOREWORD xiii
ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS xv
PREFACE xxiii
Norka T. Malberg
PROLOGUE xxv
Joan Raphael-Leff
PART I: ANNA FREUD: HER WORK AND LEGACY
Overview
CHAPTER ONE
The Anna Freud Centre today 5
Mary Target
CHAPTER TWO
Anna Freud: the teacher, the clinician, the person 10
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
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viii CONTENTS
Historical Framework
CHAPTER THREE
Anna Freud and her collaborators in the early post-war period 17
Christiane Ludwig-Körner
CHAPTER FOUR
From the Hampstead War Nurseries to the Anna Freud Centre 30
Inge-Martine Pretorius
CHAPTER FIVE
The Diagnostic Profile: an invaluable clinical tool 38
Trevor Hartnup
Contemporary Issues
CHAPTER SIX
Anna Freud’s influence on contemporary thinking about the child 47
Anne-Marie Sandler
CHAPTER SEVEN
The clinical training: 1947–2009—commemorating a tradition 54
Viviane Green
PART II: CLINICAL WORK AND APPLICATIONS OF ANNA FREUD’S
DEVELOPMENTAL TRADITION
A. INFANCY—Observations, interventions, and applications
Overview
CHAPTER EIGHT
Overview of theoretical and clinical applications, and current developments 71
Frances Thomson Salo
Observation
CHAPTER NINE
Aggression in relation to emotional development: an observation of an infant
and his family in the first two years of life 79
Nick Midgley
CONTENTS ix
Intervention
CHAPTER TEN
Parent–infant psychotherapy: a new “real” relationship—“finding a way to be together” 95
Michela Biseo
Applications
CHAPTER ELEVEN
“Silent scream”—work with a traumatized immigrant mother and her infant with
a severe neurological disorder 109
Sheila Levi
B. UNDER FIVES—Clinical work and applications
Overview
CHAPTER TWELVE
Overview of theoretical and clinical applications, and current developments 129
Angela Joyce
Clinical
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“Learning to love”—a story about a young girl’s analysis 139
Hedde Maartje Evers
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
“A long journey from catastrophe to safety”—the analysis of a violent boy 154
Federica Melandri
Applications
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
A depressed toddler and his mother reunite in the toddler group 171
Justine Kalas Reeves
Outreach
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
“Anna Freud in Africa”—Ububele in Alexandra township, Johannesburg 185
Hillary and Tony Hamburger