The symbolic impetus
Subtitle: how creative fantasy motivates development
By: Charles T. Stewart.
Publisher: Free Association Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Symbolism (Psychology) in children.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1; title: Part I: Symbolic Fantasies that Foster Normal; title: Development; title: 1 Parent-Infant "Chemistry": The Double Bond 29; title: 2 The Waking Dream of Infancy 50; title: 3 Realization in Infancy 68; title: 4 The Beginning of Make-Believe in Early Childhood 94; title: 5 The Invisible Friend in the Preschool Period 114; title: 6 The Social Realm in Middle Childhood 129; title: 7 Rehearsals of Identity in Early Adolescence 148; title: Part II: When Development Stumbles: The Healing Power of Symbols; title: 8 The Chemistry and Alchemy of the Psychotherapeutic Relationship 173; title: 9 Rediscovering Pretend 195; title: 10 Imaginary Companions as Inner Healers 209; title: 11 Community as Metaphor and Reality 222; title: 12 Play and the Emergence of Cultural Attitudes 235; title: Part III: Summing Up; title: 13 Explaining an Amazing Transformation:; title: The Symbolic Analysis of a Classic Case 251.