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Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:22 13 August 2016 An Independent Mind ‘Juliet Hopkins has quietly encouraged and inspired generations of colleagues and students’ – Dilys Daws, from the Foreword. An Independent Mind: Collected papers of Juliet Hopkins follows the professional journey and infl uence of an innovative fi gure in the history of child psycho- therapy. Juliet Hopkins spans Kleinian and Independent psychoanalytic traditions and brings a critical scientifi c mind to these theories. Amongst her main infl u- ences were Winnicott and Bowlby – both of whom her work addresses. This book contains her most important papers, bringing together psychoanalytic theory, fam- ily 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. The papers have been gathered chronologically into four sections, each given context by the Editors with a brief introduction: Trauma and child psychotherapy Attachment and child psychotherapy Infant-parent psychotherapy Integrating and exploring Winnicott An Independent Mind: Collected papers of Juliet Hopkins is a collection of classic papers whose relevance today is undiminished. It will be essential reading for estab- lished and trainee child and adult psychotherapists and psychoanalysts; counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists interested in psychoanalytic approaches; and social work- ers, nursery workers and those who work with children in voluntary organisations. Ann Horne was head of the Independent child psychotherapy training and Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:22 13 August 2016 post-graduate development at the BAP (now IPCAPA). She is co-editor of The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and of the three earlier books in this series. Now retired, she gives talks and writes, retaining a special interest in children who act with the body rather than refl ect. Monica Lanyado was founding Course Organising Tutor of the Child and Ado- lescent Psychotherapy Training at the Scottish Institute of Human Relations (now Human Development Scotland). She is author of The Presence of the Therapist , co-editor of The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and of the three earlier books in this series. Retired from clinical practice, she supervises (at IPCAPA and privately), and enjoys teaching and writing. Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches with Children and Adolescents series Series Editors: Ann Horne and Monica Lanyado Titles in the series A Question of Technique Edited by Monica Lanyado and Ann Horne Through Assessment to Consultation Edited by Ann Horne and Monica Lanyado Winnicott’s Children Edited by Ann Horne and Monica Lanyado An Independent Mind Collected papers of Juliet Hopkins Edited by Ann Horne and Monica Lanyado Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:22 13 August 2016 An Independent Mind Collected papers of Juliet Hopkins Edited by Ann Horne and Monica Lanyado Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:22 13 August 2016 First published 2015 by Routledge 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2FA And by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Ann Horne and Monica Lanyado The right of the editors to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hopkins, Juliet. [Works. Selections] An independent mind : collected papers of Juliet Hopkins / edited by Ann Horne and Monica Lanyado. pages cm. — (Independent psychoanalytic approaches with children and adolescents series) 1. Child psychotherapy. 2. Child psychotherapists 3. Hopkins, Juliet. I. Horne, Ann, 1944– II. Lanyado, Monica, 1949– III. Title. RJ504.H67 2015 618.92′8914—dc23 2014048874 ISBN: 978-1-138-01531-9 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-138-01532-6 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-76414-6 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Apex CoVantage, LLC Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:22 13 August 2016 Contents Contributors vii Acknowledgements ix Foreword xi DILYS DAWS Introduction xiv ANN HORNE Trauma and child psychotherapy: introduction 1 MONICA LANYADO 1 Solving the mystery of monsters: steps towards the recovery from trauma 5 2 Living under the threat of death: the impact of a congenital illness on an eight-year-old boy 16 3 The role of trauma in the development of a borderline state and a foot-and-shoe fetish in a 6-year-old girl 32 Attachment and child psychotherapy: introduction 49 ANN HORNE Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:22 13 August 2016 4 The observed infant of attachment theory 53 5 Failure of the holding relationship: some effects of physical rejection on the child’s attachment and on his inner experience 64 6 Facilitating the development of intimacy between nurses and infants in a day nursery 75 vi Contents 7 Overcoming a child’s resistance to late adoption: how one new attachment can facilitate another 84 Infant-parent psychotherapy: introduction 95 ANN HORNE 8 Infant-parent psychotherapy: Selma Fraiberg’s contribution to understanding the past in the present 97 9 Therapeutic interventions in infancy. Crying babies: who is crying about what? 107 Integrating and exploring Winnicott: introduction 119 MONICA LANYADO 10 The dangers and deprivations of too-good mothering 123 11 From baby games to let’s pretend: the achievement of playing 135 12 Narcissistic illusions in late adolescence: defensive Kleinian retreats or Winnicottian opportunities? 141 References 155 Appendix: publications 163 Index 165 Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:22 13 August 2016 Contributors Dilys Daws has written many papers on child psychotherapy and particularly parent-infant psychotherapy, including the volume Through the Night: helping parents and sleepless infants . Formerly Chair of the Association of Child Psy- chotherapists and the Child Psychotherapy Trust, she was the founding Chair of the Association for Infant Mental Health, UK. She is an honorary Consultant Child Psychotherapist at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Juliet Hopkins trained as a child and adolescent psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic and worked on the staff of the Child Guidance Training Centre and the Tavistock Clinic until her retirement from the National Health Service. She has continued to teach at the Tavistock where she is an honorary consultant child psychotherapist. Juliet also trained as an adult psychotherapist at the British Association of Psychotherapists (now an association of the British Psycho- therapy Federation) and works in private practice. In 1980 she was one of the across-training-schools group assembled by Anne Hurry to develop the fi rst Independent training in psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy at the BAP (now IPCAPA), and has been engaged with this since its inception. Her interests and publications include attachment theory and psychotherapy, parent-infant psychotherapy and psychoanalytic child psychotherapy. Ann Horne trained as a child and adolescent psychotherapist at the British Asso- ciation of Psychotherapists (now IPCAPA) and is a Fellow of that organisation and an Honorary member of ČSPAP, the Czech Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. She served terms of offi ce at the BAP as head of training and later of post-graduate development. A previous joint editor of the Journal of Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:22 13 August 2016 Child Psychotherapy , she is co-editor with Monica Lanyado of The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (1999; 2nd edition 2009) and of three earlier books in this series. Now retired from the Portman Clinic, London, she gives talks, writes and teaches, retaining a special interest in children who act with the body rather than refl ect. Monica Lanyado trained at the Tavistock Clinic, and was the founding Course Organising Tutor of the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training at the Scottish Institute of Human Relations (now Human Development Scotland). A viii Contributors previous joint editor of the Journal of Child Psychotherapy , she is joint edi- tor with Ann Horne of the Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (1999; 2nd edition 2009) and the Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches with Children and Adolescents Series of which this book is the fourth. The fi rst three books, A Question of Technique , Through Assessment to Consultation and Winnicott’s Children, were also co-edited with Ann Horne. She is author of The Presence of the Therapist (2004). Now retired from clinical practice she is a training supervisor at the British Psychotherapy Foundation (of which the former British