Learning from the Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Approaches in Educational Psychology [Paperback]

As individuals engaged with children and those around them, educational psychologists enter a multitude of systems and relationships with the intention of helping. This often involves working in a context of confusion, conflict and creativity, a dynamic tension which is reflected in the chapters of this book.

Designed to give both students and practitioners access to the experience of engaging with a dynamic unconscious, this volume investigates some of the key tenets and principles of psychoanalytic theory and demonstrates ways in which educational psychologists have used both theory and practice in their roles.
Each chapter approaches a recognisable activity from educational psychology practice and provides an account of how psychoanalytic theories about our unique inner worlds and our unconscious processes can inform and enrich these interactions.

Designed to give both students and practitioners access to the experience of engaging with a dynamic unconscious, this volume investigates some of the key tenets and principles of psychoanalytic theory and demonstrates ways in which educational psychologists have used both theory and practice in their roles.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
About the authors
Foreword by Dr Mark Fox

Part I  Orientation
1. Psychoanalysis and educational psychology: context, theory and challenges

Part II  Theory to practice
2. The use of psychoanalytic concepts in educational psychology practice
3. Thinking matters: how can Bions theory of thinking help educational psychologists think about the task of formulation?
4. Whats yours and whats theirs? Understanding projection, transference and countertransference in educational psychology practice
5. The classroom-in-the-mind: psychoanalytilÓÁ