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An Interpretation of Play Therapy by the Psychosomatic Theory of Family Sexuality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

C. E. H. Turner
C. E. H. Turner*
Affiliation:
Towers Mental Hospital, Leicester
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I propose to explain the application to play therapy of a theory of family sexuality (Turner, 1947), upon which I have been working for some time.

When children are referred to me I see them individually and ask them to tell me, usually by their play (Lowenfeld, 1935), what real or imaginary thing could have caused their symptoms. I then follow the technique of Melanie Klein (1932) in that I straightway give an interpretation.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 94 , Issue 397 , October 1948 , pp. 718 - 732
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1948 

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References

Klein, M. (1932), The Psychoanalysis of Children, p. 46. London: Int. Psa. Lib.Google Scholar
Lowenfeld, M. (1935), Play in Childhood, p. 49. London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd.Google Scholar
Turner, C. E. H. (1947), “The Psycho-somatic Sexual Life of the Family”, J. Ment. Sci., 93, 522.Google Scholar
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