ABSTRACT

Klein’s model of projective and introjective processes and Bion’s theory of the relationship between container and contained have become increasingly significant in much clinical work. in a highly imaginative development of these models of thought, the distinguished clinician gianna williams, one of the leading figures in the field, elucidates the psychodynamics of these processes in the context of impairment of dependent relationships and of eating disorders in both men and women. This is a timely and brilliant account of an area of psychopathology that is rapidly growing in significance.

chapter 1|10 pages

The Inner World of the Child

chapter 3|17 pages

Double Deprivation

chapter 4|12 pages

On Gang Dynamics

chapter 5|13 pages

Self-Esteem and Object Esteem

chapter 6|12 pages

On the Process of Internalisation

chapter 7|13 pages

Poor Feeders

chapter 9|8 pages

The No-Entry System of Defences

Reflections on the Assessment of Adolescents Suffering from Eating Disorders

chapter 10|9 pages

On Introjective Processes

The Hypothesis of an ‘Omega Function’

chapter 11|17 pages

Foreign Bodies