| Description |
xix, 178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The significance of the first year -- Why movement? -- Six fundamental movements -- Kinetic temperament -- Embodied history -- Working with parent couples -- Working with individual adults |
| Summary |
<P>The movement repertoire that develops in the first year of life is a language in itself and conveys desires, intentions, and emotions. This early life in motion serves as the roots of ongoing nonverbal interaction and later verbal expression - in short, this language remains a key element in communication throughout life.</P><P>In their path-breaking book, gestalt therapist Ruella Frank and psychoanalyst Frances La Barre give readers the tools to see and understand the logic of this nonverbal realm. They demonstrate how observations of fundamental movement interactions between babies and pa |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Infants -- Development.
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Interpersonal communication in infants.
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Motor ability in infants.
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Nonverbal communication in infants.
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Parent and infant.
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| Author |
La Barre, Frances.
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| LC no. |
2010011681 |
| ISBN |
0415876397 (hbk.) |
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0415876400 (paperback) |
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9780415876391 (hbk.) |
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9780415876407 (paperback) |
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