The Metaphor of Play: Disruption and Restoration in the Borderline Experience - Russell Meares - Books - Jason Aronson Publishers - 9780876682753 - April 1, 1993
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The Metaphor of Play: Disruption and Restoration in the Borderline Experience


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Shows how borderline psychiatric patients can be treated by understanding their sense of self and the fragility of their sense of existence. Meares believes that the play of the pre-school child, and a mental activity similar to it in the adult, is necessary to the growth of a healthy self.


221 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 1, 1993
ISBN13 9780876682753
Publishers Jason Aronson Publishers
Pages 221
Dimensions 163 × 235 × 23 mm   ·   494 g

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