ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the material Milner presents in “An adult patient uses toys” (1948), “The communication of primary sensual experience” (1955) and, especially, The hands of the living God (1969). Although Milner does not directly explicate her own theory of technique, she implicitly provides dimensions that are both procedural (focused on theory and methodology of care) and ethical and gnoseological valence. Some of Milner’s main ideas on theory and technique are considered here, in particular regarding her thoughts on countertransference, concentration on the body, emptiness, doubt, frame, fusion, creativity, play, prelogical thinking.
