Play, Gender, Therapy: Selected Papers of Eleanor Galenson (The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series)

Series editor's Gennaro SaragnanoEleanor Galenson had a remarkable career whose singular focus was her life-long interest in the maturational and psychosexual vicissitudes of infancy and early childhood. The selection of her writings in this volume highlight her approach to the study of the early years of life and, in particular, her contributions to understanding the developmental significance of the very young child's discovery of sexual difference, and the ways in which each child expresses this through play, symbolization and language.Interviews that Galenson gave to Milton Senn and Lucy LaFarge provide a Prologue to the Volume. They introduce the reader to her voice, and portray the milieu within which she matured and worked as a pediatrician, researcher and psychoanalyst. Papers are organized in three parts that illustrate different facets of Galenson’s thinking and work: Symbolization, Thought and Language; Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity; and The Tripartite Therapeutic Model. Parts I and II are introduced by Patricia Nachman and Lucy LaFarge, respectively, colleagues and friends of Galenson who are deeply familiar with her work. Several contemporary discussions convey the response of colleagues who engaged these papers form different perspectives. Reviews by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer and Jerome Oremland of The Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity illustrate its impact on psychoanalytic thinking concerning the emergence of sexual identity in very young children. Part III is devoted to Galenson's advocacy of the tripartite therapeutic model and its utility in clinical work with young children and their parents. The book concludes with an account of Galenson's response, at the end of her career, to Lawrence Kubie's paper, 'The Drive to Become Both Sexes' (1974). Eleanor Galenson had a remarkable career whose singular focus was her life-long interest in the maturational and psychosexual vicissitudes of infancy and early childhood. The selection of her writings in this volume highlight her approach to the study of the early years of life and, in particular, her contributions to understanding the developmental significance of the very young child's discovery of sexual difference, and the ways in which each child expresses this through play, symbolization and language.Interviews that Galenson gave to Milton Senn and Lucy LaFarge provide a Prologue to the Volume. They introduce the reader to her voice, and portray the milieu within which she matured and worked as a pediatrician, researcher and psychoanalyst. Papers are organized in three parts that illustrate different facets of Galenson’s thinking and work: Symbolization, Thought and Language; Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity; and The Tripartite Therapeutic Model. Parts I and II are introduced by Patricia Nachman and Lucy LaFarge, respectively, colleagues and friends of Galenson who are deeply familiar with her work. Several contemporary discussions convey the response of colleagues who engaged these papers form different perspectives. Reviews by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer and Jerome Oremland of __The Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity__ illustrate its impact on psychoanalytic thinking concerning the emergence of sexual identity in very young children. Part III is devoted to Galenson's advocacy of the tripartite therapeutic model and its utility in clinical work with young children and their parents. The book concludes with an account of Galenson's response, at the end of her career, to Lawrence Kubie's paper, 'The Drive to Become Both Sexes' (1974). Eleanor Galenson had a remarkable career whose singular focus was her life-long interest in the maturational and psychosexual vicissitudes of infancy and early childhood. The selection of her writings in this volume highlight her approach to the study of the early years of life and, in particular, her contributions to understanding the developmental significance of the very young child's discovery of sexual difference, and the ways in which each child expresses this through play, symbolization and language. Interviews that Galenson gave to Milton Senn and Lucy LaFarge provide a Prologue to the Volume. They introduce the reader to her voice, and portray the milieu within which she matured and worked as a pediatrician, researcher and psychoanalyst. Papers are organized in three parts that illustrate different facets of Galenson’s thinking and work: Symbolization, Thought and Language; Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity; and The Tripartite Therapeutic Model. Parts I and II are introduced by Patricia Nachman and Lucy LaFarge, respectively, colleagues and friends of Galenson who are deeply familiar with her work. Several contemporary discussions convey the response of colleagues who engaged these papers form different perspectives. Reviews by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer and Jerome Oremland of The Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity illustrate its impact on psychoanalytic thinking concerning the emergence of sexual identity in very young children. Part III is devoted to Galenson's advocacy of the tripartite therapeutic model and its utility in clinical work with young children and their parents. The book concludes with an account of Galenson's response, at the end of her career, to Lawrence Kubie's paper, 'The Drive to Become Both Sexes' (1974). Prologue : Interview With Eleanor Galenson / Milton Senn -- Prologue : Our Children, Our Future : A Conversation With Eleanor Galenson / Lucy Lafarge -- Symbolisation, Thought, And Language -- Introduction To Part I / Patricia Nachman -- A Consideration Of The Nature Of Thought In Childhood Play / Eleanor Galenson -- Discussion Of Chapter One / Phyllis Greenacre -- The Impact Of Early Sexual Discovery On Mood, Defensive Organisation, And Symbolisation / Eleanor Galenson And Herman Roiphe -- Discussion Of Chapter Two / Phyllis Greenacre -- The Influence Of Hostile Aggression On The Development Of Expressive Language / Eleanor Galenson -- Infantile Origins Of Sexual Identity -- Introduction To Part Ii / Lucy Lafarge -- Early Genital Activity And The Castration Complex / Herman Roiphe And Eleanor Galenson -- Object Loss And Early Sexual Development / Eleanor Galenson And Herman Roiphe -- Discussion Of Chapter Five / Albert Solnit -- Observation Of Early Infantile Sexual And Erotic Development / Eleanor Galenson -- Review Of The Infantile Origins Of Sexual Identity / Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer -- Review Of The Infantile Origins Of Sexual Identity / Jerome D. Oremland -- The Tripartite Therapeutic Model -- Treatment Of Psychological Disorders Of Early Childhood : A Tripartite Therapeutic Model / Eleanor Galenson -- Gender Disturbance In A Three-and-a-half-year-old Boy / Eleanor Galenson And Barbara Fields -- Psychoanalytic Approach To Psychotic Disturbances In Very Young Children : A Clinical Report / Eleanor Galenson. Edited By Nellie L. Thompson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. COVER 1 CONTENTS 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS 14 INTRODUCTION 16 PROLOGUE Interview with Eleanor Galenson 26 PROLOGUE Our children, our future: a conversation with Eleanor Galenson 52 PART I SYMBOLISATION, THOUGHT, AND LANGUAGE 62 Introduction to Part I 64 CHAPTER ONE A consideration of the nature of thought in childhood play 76 Discussion of Chapter One 96 CHAPTER TWO The impact of early sexual discovery on mood, defensive organisation, and symbolisation 108 Discussion of Chapter Two 128 CHAPTER THREE The influence of hostile aggression on the development of expressive language 134 PART II INFANTILE ORIGINS OF SEXUAL IDENTITY 140 Introduction to Part II 142 CHAPTER FOUR Early genital activity and the castration complex 154 CHAPTER FIVE Object loss and early sexual development 168 Discussion of Chapter Five 184 CHAPTER SIX Observation of early infantile sexual and erotic development 190 CHAPTER SEVEN Review of The Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity 204 CHAPTER EIGHT Review of The Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity 212 PART III THE TRIPARTITE THERAPEUTIC MODEL 220 CHAPTER NINE Treatment of psychological disorders of early childhood: a tripartite therapeutic model 222 CHAPTER TEN Gender disturbance in a three-and-a-half-year-old boy 238 CHAPTER ELEVEN Psychoanalytic approach to psychotic disturbances in very young children: a clinical report 252 INDEX 272 Eleanor Galenson had a remarkable career whose singular focus was her life-long interest in the maturational and psychosexual vicissitudes of infancy and early childhood. The selection of her writings in this volume highlight her approach to the study of the early years of life and, in particular, her contributions to understanding the developmental significance of the very young child's discovery of sexual difference, and the ways in which each child expresses this through play, symbolization and language. Interviews that Galenson gave to Milton Senn and Lucy LaFarge provide a Prologue to the Volume. They introduce the reader to her voice, and portray the milieu within which she matured and worked as a pediatrician, researcher and psychoanalyst. Papers are organized in three parts that illustrate different facets of Galenson's thinking and work: Symbolization, Thought and Language; Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity; and The Tripartite Therapeutic Model. Parts 1 and 2 are introduced by Patricia Nachman and Lucy LaFarge, respectively, colleagues and friends of Galenson who are deeply familiar with her work. Eleanor Galenson singular focus was her interest in maturational and psychosexual vicissitudes of infancy and early childhood. This volume highlights her approach to the study of the early years of life and, in particular, her contributions to understanding the developmental significance of the very young child's discovery of sexual difference.