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This book is written by a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist who has emerged from the tradition of Anna Freud. He has dedicated his clinical life to the psychoanalytic treatment of individuals whom most analysts avoid, considering them inaccessible to psychoanalytic therapy—i.e., those with histories of severe impulse-control problems, neglect, and trauma.
Biven has become a valued consultant to a number of programs both in and beyond the United Kingdom, including in the United States, South Africa, and Mexico. This book is a very personal account by a gifted therapist of his life's work. The introduction/acknowledgment section clearly outlines his agenda, where he notes that he draws from a number of papers that he has published over the years, as well as from inspirational conversations he has had with analysts and others of great importance to him personally.
Biven's background, besides supervision and training under Anna Freud, includes military experience that brought him into raw contact with aggression. He served in the Royal Marines, commando division, an elite special force that brought him into contact with killing and the impact of the direct expression of aggression on the individual. He has taken this unique training and experience into the consulting room, where he works with children and adults who have committed violent crimes. In some ways, he