The Hands of the Living God: An Account of a Psycho-analytic Treatment

by Marion Milner

Book Overview

At once autobiographical and psychoanalytic, The Hands of the Living God, first published in 1969, provides a detailed case study of Susan who, during a 20-year long treatment, spontaneously discovers the capacity to do doodle drawings.

An important focus of the book is the drawings themselves, 150 of which are reproduced in the text, and their deep unconscious perception of the battle between sanity and madness. It is these drawings, linked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041555070X
• ISBN13: 9780415550703
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.7"