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Marta Badoni (1938-2024) was a child and adolescent neuropsychiatrist, child analyst, full member and training analyst of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society, of which she had been national secretary and vice-president, and a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association.

Klappentext

Taking Oneself Playfully is a fascinating journey into the life and work of Marta Badoni, a highly respected adult and child training analyst in Italy and France.

The book is mainly formed of a collection of essays written in different moments of her life, skilfully woven together to recount Badoni's life in parallel with the evolution of her thinking and her clinical work. Drawing on influences from Winnicott and Bion, we explore the importance of the body and of the dialogue between analyst and patient in Badoni's theoretical and clinical development. The book offers a remarkable interplay of personal reflection and confidence with theoretical insight and illuminating clinical material. This is the first book in English to explore Badoni's full contribution to psychoanalysis.

Offering a playful yet deep exploration of the making, life and work of a psychoanalyst, this is key reading for all psychoanalysts.

Inhalt

Part one: A time for noticing: understanding I. Misunderstandings, ills understood Part two: Space for training: becoming II. Parents, children and analysts: resources and challenges for the psychoanalytic institution III. Processes of analytic work with children Part three: Getting involved in the game: resources and risks IV. Taking oneself playfully V. Children and the psychoanalytic process VI. Parents and their children, and the analyst in the middle: working with a transgenerational mandate Part four: The ingredients of care: agreeable and disagreeable elements VII. A body, a story, functions of the rescuing adult: the importance of a comma Part five A time for delivering: generating VIII. Betrayal and corruption: on the corruptive power of maternal love and the good use of betrayal IX. A problem at the origins: originality