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The Psychoanalytic Work of Hansi Kennedy: From War Nurseries to the Anna Freud Centre (1940-1993)

Editor : Jill M. Miller, Editor : Carla Neely

Reviews and Endorsements

'For many if not all of those fortunate enough to work with her, Hansi Kennedy and her gifted collaborative teaching opened the doors to understanding how to work with children and adolescents. Her accessible humanity softened what otherwise might have seemed rigid and formulaic; she therefore allowed her supervisees to see and to use connections and meanings in their work with their young patients, as they arose and as they developed. The selections in this book are just a sample of Hansi's thinking and will go far in keeping the focus on the child's developmental welfare and in exemplifying the best in psychoanalytic developmental thinking and technique.'
- Robert L. Tyson, MD

'Hansi Kennedy is undoubtedly one of the giants of psychoanalysis, particularly the psychoanalysis of children. Her work has moved the field forward in dramatic ways, including in the treatment of
borderline children and the use of developmental help. Miller and Neely are to be congratulated for bringing together an integration of her work that has the quality of crystal clarity characteristic of Kennedy's clinical writings and supervision. The book is vibrant with compelling clinical examples that will be enormously helpful to novice and experienced child clinicians alike. Kennedy's writings, like those of Winnicott, Bion and Bowlby, yield fresh insights to the reader with each re-reading. This book is of immense value and is destined to become a classic.'
- Professor Peter Fonagy