Psychoanalytic Thinking in Occupational Therapy

Divided into three overarching themes, theory, application andresearch, this cutting edge book explores the influence ofpsychoanalytic theories on occupational therapy practice andthinking. It incorporates a new conceptual model (the MOVI) toguide practice, which uses psychoanalysis as a theoreticalfoundation for understanding therapeutic relationships and the'doing' that takes place in clinical practice.
Using practice models and incorporating many clinically appliedexamples in different occupational therapy settings, thisintroductory text to psychoanalytic theory will appeal to studentsand practising clinical and academic occupational therapistsworldwide and from different fields of practice from paediatricsand physical disability to older adult care and mentalhealth.
* The first book in fifty years to concentrate entirely on apsychoanalytic approach to occupational therapy
* Distills cutting edge theory into clinically relevantguidance
* Features clinical examples throughout, showing the linksbetween psychoanalytic theory and occupational therapypractice
* Written by an experienced international team of authors