ABSTRACT

"Tustin deals very sensitively and sensibly with the knotty problem of parents' contribution to autistic development, providing a balanced interactive view which does not allocate blame. Her discussion of autistic objects and autistic shapes is illuminating and has widespread clinical applicability. This book is highly recommended reading" - Mary Boston, British Journal of Medical Psychology.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part One|1 pages

Psychogenic Autism

chapter One|14 pages

The nature of psychogenic autism: an overview

chapter Six|17 pages

Autistic objects

chapter Ten|11 pages

A glimpse into the world of an autistic child

part Two|1 pages

Psychogenic autism in neurotic patients

chapter Eleven|14 pages

Falling

chapter Twelve|18 pages

Spilling and dissolving

chapter Thirteen|22 pages

The development of ‘I-ness’

chapter Fourteen|31 pages

Anorexia nervosa in an adolescent girl

chapter Fifteen|18 pages

The rhythm of safety

chapter Sixteen|23 pages

Psychotherapy with psychogenic autistic states