Tavistock Century

Margot Waddell, PhD, is a Fellow of the Institute of Psychoanalysis where she is currently the Chair of Publications. She has a background in Classics and literature and took a PhD at Cambridge on George Eliot’s novels. She is a child analyst and worked for many years as a consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. She co-edits the Tavistock Clinic Book series and has published widely. Her book Inside Lives: Psychoanalysis and the Growth of the Personality was published by Karnac in 2002. In 1994 her Understanding Twelve to Fourteen Year Olds was published (reprinted in 2005 by Jessica Kingsley). Most recently, in 2018, she published On Adolescence: Inside Stories (Routledge).After a first degree in philosophy, Sebastian Kraemer qualified in medicine in 1970. He trained in paediatrics in Glasgow, Manchester and London, then in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and the Tavistock Clinic, London. From 1980 he was a consultant psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic (until 2003) and in the paediatric department at the Whittington Hospital London (until 2015). He is an honorary consultant at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust and continues to write, teach and work with staff in NHS and children’s services.

'A book worth reading about a great history [...] This book has now made the history and significance of the Tavi, including the mythical side (e.g. “Operation Phoenix”, the new life from the ashes of the Second World War) much clearer to me.'

• PrefaceForeword: The Tavistock enigmaPart IThe Tavistock legacyCHAPTER ONEChallenge, change and sabotageCHAPTER TWOWhat lies beneathCHAPTER THREEPsychoanalysis, social science, and the Tavistock traditionCHAPTER FOURResearch at the TavistockCHAPTER FIVE“Mummy’s gone away and left me behind” James Robertson at the Tavistock ClinicCHAPTER SIXThe Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, 1920–2020CHAPTER SEVENJohn Bowlby at the Tavistock ClinicCHAPTER EIGHTBalint GroupsCHAPTER NINEAlexis Brook in primary careCHAPTER TENExtending the reach of the “talking cure”Part IIPregnancy and under 5sCHAPTER ELEVENThe psychopathology of publications concerning reactions to stillbirths and neonatal deathsCHAPTER TWELVEParent–infant psychotherapy at a baby clinicCHAPTER THIRTEENService for under-fives in the child and family department at the Tavistock: short-term applications of psychoanalytic practice and infant observationPart IIIChildren and AdolescentsCHAPTER FOURTEENChild Guidance Training Centre 1929–1984CHAPTER FIFTEENGloucester House: a story of endurance, inspiration, and innovationCHAPTER SIXTEENA foothold in paediatricsCHAPTER SEVENTEENEarly psychoanalytic approaches to autism at the TavistockCHAPTER EIGHTEENEating Disorders Workshop—Tavistock Adolescent DepartmentCHAPTER NINETEENThe creation of a service for children and adolescents facing gender identity issuesCHAPTER TWENTYThe establishment of the Young People’s Counselling ServiceCHAPTER TWENTY-ONEFacing it out: the Adolescent DepartmentPart IVCouples and familiesCHAPTER TWENTY-TWOA brief history of Tavistock RelationshipsCHAPTER TWENTY-THREETavistock Relationships and the growth of couple psychoanalysis 1988–2019: a personal memoirCHAPTER TWENTY-FOURFamily therapy across the decades; evolution and discontinuous changePart VWorking with adultsCHAPTER TWENTY-FIVEBrief psychotherapy: practice and researchCHAPTER TWENTY-SIXThe Tavistock Adult Depression Study (TADS)CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENWorking at the Tavistock Clinic Adult Department 1972–1997CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTThe Adult DepartmentCHAPTER TWENTY-NINEThe Adult Department: a group at workCHAPTER THIRTYThe Fitzjohn’s UnitPart VIPsychology, social work, and nursingCHAPTER THIRTY-ONEThe psychology disciplineCHAPTER THIRTY-TWOHolding tensions: social work and the TavistockCHAPTER THIRTY-THREENursing at the TavistockPart VIIConsultation, court, and organisationsCHAPTER THIRTY-FOURChild protection and the courtsCHAPTER THIRTY-FIVEAutonomic countertransference: the psychopathic mind and the institutionCHAPTER THIRTY-SIXThe Tavistock legacy in America: making sense of societyCHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENPsychoanalytic thinking in organisational settings and the therapeutic community traditionCHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTGroup relations and religionCHAPTER THIRTY-NINEThe new landscape of leadership: living in radical uncertaintyPart VIIIPerformance, publications, and policyCHAPTER FORTY“Give them time” Pigeon holes and pasta—the making of a Tavistock TV programmeCHAPTER FORTY-ONEThe Tavistock Gazette, pantomimes, and booksCHAPTER FORTY-TWOTavistock pantomimesCHAPTER FORTY-THREEThe Tavistock Clinic SeriesCHAPTER FORTY-FOURTavistock policy seminars: a contained and disruptive spaceAfterwordSoldiering onReferencesIndex