A fascinating review of Tavistock development from the early post war years until the present, containing original insights from past and present staff. Gathering together an incredible array of contributors from the past century of the Tavistock to cover all aspects of amazing work they do. With chapters from David Armstrong, James Astor, Andrew Balfour, Fred Balfour, Sara Barratt, David Bell, Sandy Bourne, Wesley Carr, Andrew Cooper, Gwyn Daniel, Dilys Daws, Domenico di Ceglie, Emilia Dowling, Andrew Elder, Caroline Garland, Peter Griffiths, Rob Hale, Sarah Helps, Beth Holgate, Juliet Hopkins, Marcus Johns, Sebastian Kraemer, James Krantz, Mary Lindsay, Julian Lousada, Louise Lyon, David Malan, Gillian Miles, Lisa Miller, Mary Morgan, Nell Nicholson, Anton Obholzer, Paul Pengelly, Maria Rhode, Margaret Rustin, Michael Rustin, Edward R. Shapiro, Valerie Sinason, Jenny Sprince, John Steiner, Jon Stokes, Judith Trowell, Margot Waddell, and Gianna Williams The Tavistock Century traces the developmental path taken from the birth of a progressive and inspirational institution. From their wartime and post-war experience, John Rickman, Wilfred Bion, Eric Trist, Isabel Menzies, John Bowlby, Esther Bick, Michael Balint, and James Robertson left us a legacy of innovation based on intimate observation of human relatedness. The book contains entries across the full range of disciplines in the lifecycle, extending, for example, from research to group relations, babies, adolescents, couples, even pantomime. It will be of enormous value to anyone working in the helping professions; clinicians, social workers, health visitors, GPs, teachers, as well as social science scholars and a host of others who are directly or indirectly in touch with the Tavistock wellspring. Table of Contents: Preface by Margot Waddell Foreword: The Tavistock enigma by Anton Obholzer The Tavistock legacy CHAPTER ONE Challenge, change and sabotage Anton Obholzer CHAPTER TWO What lies beneath James Astor CHAPTER THREE Psychoanalysis, social science, and the Tavistock tradition David Armstrong and Michael Rustin CHAPTER FOUR Research at the Tavistock Michael Rustin and David Armstrong CHAPTER FIVE “Mummy’s gone away and left me behind” James Robertson at the Tavistock Clinic Mary Lindsay CHAPTER SIX John Bowlby at the Tavistock Clinic Margaret Rustin CHAPTER SEVEN Balint Groups Andrew Elder CHAPTER EIGHT Alexis Brook in primary care Andrew Elder CHAPTER NINE Extending the reach of the “talking cure” Margaret Rustin Pregnancy and under 5s CHAPTER TEN The psychopathology of publications concerning reactions to stillbirths and neonatal deaths Sandy Bourne CHAPTER ELEVEN Parent–Infant Psychotherapy at a Baby Clinic Dilys Daws CHAPTER TWELVE Service for Under Fives in the Child and Family Department Lisa Miller Children and Adolescents CHAPTER THIRTEEN Child Guidance Training Centre Juliet Hopkins with Marcus Johns, Judith Trowell and Gillian Miles CHAPTER FOURTEEN Gloucester House/Day Unit Nell Nicholson with Afterword by Marcus Johns CHAPTER FIFTEEN A foothold in paediatrics Sebastian Kraemer CHAPTER SIXTEEN Psychoanalytic approaches to autism at the Tavistock Maria Rhode CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Eating disorders workshop Gianna Williams CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The creation of a child and adolescent service for gender identity problems Domenico di Ceglie CHAPTER NINETEEN Establishment of the Young People’s Consultation Service Fred Balfour CHAPTER TWENTY Facing it out: the Adolescent department Margot Waddell Couples and families CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE A Brief History of Tavistock Relationships Andrew Balfour CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Tavistock Relationships and the growth of couple psychoanalysis 1988–2019: a personal memoir Mary Morgan CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Family therapy across the decades; evolution and discontinuous change Sarah Helps, Sara Barratt and Gwyn Daniel Working with adults CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Brief psychotherapy: practice and research David Malan CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Working in the Tavistock Clinic Adult Department 1972–1997 John Steiner CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Adult department Julian Lousada CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Adult department: a group at work Caroline Garland CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Fitzjohn’s Unit David Bell Psychology, social work and nursing CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Psychology at the Tavistock Louise Lyon and Emilia Dowling CHAPTER THIRTY Holding tensions: social work and the Tavistock Andrew Cooper CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE Nursing at the Tavistock Peter Griffiths Consultation, courts and organisations CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Child protection and court work Judith Trowell CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE Autonomic countertransference: the psychopathic mind and the institution Rob Hale CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Tavistock and group relations in America Edward R. Shapiro and James Krantz CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Psychoanalytic thinking in organisational settings and the therapeutic community tradition Jenny Sprince CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX Group relations and religion Wesley Carr CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN The new landscape of leadership: living in radical uncertainty Jon Stokes Performance, publications, and policy CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT Pigeon holes: the making of a Tavistock TV programme Beth Holgate CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE The Tavistock Gazette, pantomimes, and books Valerie Sinason CHAPTER FORTY Tavistock pantomimes Jenny Sprince CHAPTER FORTY-ONE The Tavistock Clinic Series Margot Waddell CHAPTER FORTY-TWO Policy seminars; a contained and disruptive space Andrew Cooper Afterword Soldiering on Sebastian Kraemer References Index About the Editors: Margot Waddell, PhD, is a Fellow of the Institute of Psychoanalysis where she is currently the Chair of Publications. She has a background in Classics and literature and took a PhD at Cambridge on George Eliot’s novels. She is a child analyst and worked for many years as a consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. She co-edits the Tavistock Clinic Book series and has published widely. Her book Inside Lives: Psychoanalysis and the Growth of the Personality was published by Karnac in 2002. In 1994 her Understanding Twelve to Fourteen Year Olds was published (reprinted in 2005 by Jessica Kingsley). Most recently, in 2018, she published On Adolescence: Inside Stories (Routledge). After a first degree in philosophy, Sebastian Kraemer qualified in medicine in 1970. He trained in paediatrics in Glasgow, Manchester and London, then in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and the Tavistock Clinic, London. From 1980 he was a consultant psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic (until 2003) and in the paediatric department at the Whittington Hospital London (until 2015). He is an honorary consultant at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust and continues to write, teach and work with staff in NHS and children’s services.
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