MAGGIE TURP is Lecturer and Researcher in Counselling at the University of Reading and a psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. She is qualified in psychology and social work and has worked extensively in the field of mental health. She trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic and at the Institute for Psychoanalytic and Social Studies.

• PART ONE: NARRATIVES OF HEALTH IntroductionPsychoanalysis and HealthThinking about HealthScience, Medicine and the Psyche-somaPsychoanalysis and the Psyche-somaPART TWO: INFANT OBSERVATION STUDIES Psychoanalytic Infant ObservationTouch and Wellbeing in InfancyMovement, Enjoyment and HealthPART THREE: ADULT CASE STUDIES The Body and the WordTouch and Health in Adult LifePhysical Exercise and Emotional WellbeingBody StorylinesBibliographyIndex

'...the book is an excellent source for recent research and Winnicott's ideas. For every practitioner wishing to explore the fascinating interplay of body and word, Maggie Turp has provided a way of deepening one's understanding of what it means to be in one's body and to understand through one's body in a psychotherapy session in real life.' - John Andrew Miller, Psychodynamic Practice; Individuals, groups and organisations

MAGGIE TURP is Lecturer and Researcher in Counselling at the University of Reading and a psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. She is qualified in psychology and social work and has worked extensively in the field of mental health. She trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic and at the Institute for Psychoanalytic and Social Studies.

• PART ONE: NARRATIVES OF HEALTH IntroductionPsychoanalysis and HealthThinking about HealthScience, Medicine and the Psyche-somaPsychoanalysis and the Psyche-somaPART TWO: INFANT OBSERVATION STUDIES Psychoanalytic Infant ObservationTouch and Wellbeing in InfancyMovement, Enjoyment and HealthPART THREE: ADULT CASE STUDIES The Body and the WordTouch and Health in Adult LifePhysical Exercise and Emotional WellbeingBody StorylinesBibliographyIndex

'...the book is an excellent source for recent research and Winnicott's ideas. For every practitioner wishing to explore the fascinating interplay of body and word, Maggie Turp has provided a way of deepening one's understanding of what it means to be in one's body and to understand through one's body in a psychotherapy session in real life.' - John Andrew Miller, Psychodynamic Practice; Individuals, groups and organisations

MAGGIE TURP is Lecturer and Researcher in Counselling at the University of Reading and a psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. She is qualified in psychology and social work and has worked extensively in the field of mental health. She trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic and at the Institute for Psychoanalytic and Social Studies.

• PART ONE: NARRATIVES OF HEALTH IntroductionPsychoanalysis and HealthThinking about HealthScience, Medicine and the Psyche-somaPsychoanalysis and the Psyche-somaPART TWO: INFANT OBSERVATION STUDIES Psychoanalytic Infant ObservationTouch and Wellbeing in InfancyMovement, Enjoyment and HealthPART THREE: ADULT CASE STUDIES The Body and the WordTouch and Health in Adult LifePhysical Exercise and Emotional WellbeingBody StorylinesBibliographyIndex

'...the book is an excellent source for recent research and Winnicott's ideas. For every practitioner wishing to explore the fascinating interplay of body and word, Maggie Turp has provided a way of deepening one's understanding of what it means to be in one's body and to understand through one's body in a psychotherapy session in real life.' - John Andrew Miller, Psychodynamic Practice; Individuals, groups and organisations