Psychoanalytic Work with Autistic Features in Adults

"Psychoanalytic Work with Autistic Features in Adults deals with the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties of working with patients with autistic residues; defences formed as a result of early experiences in life, that have remained dormant in the unconscious mind, previously untouched even by years of analytic work, thus inhibiting ordinary development. Laura Tremelloni carefully traces the process of identifying such hidden early difficulties in adult patients, and stresses the need to develop an appropriate treatment plan. This is an excellent follow-up to the author's previous book, Arctic Spring, where she discussed the potential for growth in adults with psychosis and autism. All practitioners can learn from this untiring, honest and open work, describing treatments lasting many years. These test the practitioner in ways which are seldom talked about in the field, and often involve 'on the spot' intuitional ways of being in the moment. We live (and learn) with the patient and the practitioner as both develop, acquire new skills and change in this necessarily slow and painstaking work."-Dr Judith Edwards, PhD, MACP, Former Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic

"Psychoanalytic Work with Autistic Features in Adults deals with the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties of working with patients with autistic residues; defences formed as a result of early experiences in life, that have remained dormant in the unconscious mind, previously untouched even by years of analytic work, thus inhibiting ordinary development. Laura Tremelloni carefully traces the process of identifying such hidden early difficulties in adult patients, and stresses the need to develop an appropriate treatment plan. This is an excellent follow-up to the author's previous book, Arctic Spring, where she discussed the potential for growth in adults with psychosis and autism. All practitioners can learn from this untiring, honest and open work, describing treatments lasting many years. These test the practitioner in ways which are seldom talked about in the field, and often involve 'on the spot' intuitional ways of being in the moment. We live (and learn) with the patient and the practitioner as both develop, acquire new skills and change in this necessarily slow and painstaking work."-Dr Judith Edwards, PhD, MACP, Former Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic