Independent Mind

<p>‘Juliet Hopkins has quietly encouraged and inspired generations of colleagues and students’ (Dilys Daws).</p><p><i>An Independent Mind: Collected Papers of Juliet Hopkins </i>follows the professional journey and influence of an innovative figure in the history of child psychotherapy. Juliet Hopkins spans Kleinian and Independent psychoanalytic traditions and brings a critical scientific mind to these theories. Amongst her main influences were Winnicott and Bowlby – both of whom her work addresses. This book contains her most important papers bringing together psychoanalytic theory family and individual approaches attachment theory and infant–parent work. With a writing style that is clear straightforward and readily accessible Juliet Hopkins promotes a scholarly integrative way of thinking about psychotherapy without compromising the basic psychoanalytic principles that inform her work.</p><p>The papers have been gathered chronologically into four sections each given context by the Editors with a brief introduction:</p><p>Trauma and child psychotherapy</p><p>Attachment and child psychotherapy</p><p>Infant-parent psychotherapy</p><p>Integrating and exploring Winnicott</p><p><i>An Independent Mind: Collected Papers of Juliet Hopkins </i>is a collection of classic papers whose relevance today is undiminished. It will be essential reading for established and trainee child and adult psychotherapists and psychoanalysts; counsellors psychologists psychiatrists interested in psychoanalytic approaches; social workers nursery workers and those who work with children in voluntary organizations. </p>