Bluebird

About the authorAndrew Cooper was a registered social worker and psychoanalytic psychotherapist and Professor of Social Work at the Tavistock Centre and the University of East London. He practised as a clinical social worker in the Adolescent Family Therapy service at the Tavistock, led the Professional Doctorate in Social Work and Social Care programmes there, and worked as a consultant to teams and organisations. In addition to his books BorderlineWelfare: Feeling and Fear of Feeling in Modern Welfare (co-authored with J. Lousada, 2005) and Conjunctions (2018), he has written widely about therapeutic and relationship-based social work practice and research as well as the policy contexts that support or impede these practices.About the editorHeather Price is a senior lecturer and staff tutor at the Open University, UK, and a psychodynamic individual and couple psychotherapist and visiting lecturer at Tavistock Relationships.

• About the authorAbout the editorSeries editors’ prefacePrelude: The pause1. Journey’s end: Intensive care 2. Journey’s beginning: The rectory on the hill 3. Generational pasts: The unknown soldier 4. Loss and the reclamation of friendship 5. Belonging and place: ‘We’ll be back!’6. Public service and public fears: Dead babies7. Paternal love8. Memento mori: Unbar the door9. The capricious body10. The dreaming mind: Lost and found11. Mind and body links: The exploding water heater12. And finallyReferences

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