Personality disorder can be conceived as the result of a
disruption on the development of self. This thoroughly updated
edition of The Metaphor of Play examines how those who have
suffered such disruption can be treated by understanding their
sense of self and the fragility of their sense of existence.
Based on the Conversational Model, this book demonstrates that the
play of a pre-school child, and a mental activity similar to it in
the adult, is necessary to the growth of a healthy self. The three
sections of the book - Development, Disruption and Amplification
and Integration - introduce such concepts as the exceptional field,
paradoxical restoration, reversal, value and fit, and coupling,
amplification and representation.
This highly readable and lucid presentation of the role of play
in the development of self will be of interest not only to
therapists but also to those interested in the larger issues of
mind and consciousness.
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