Section I: Marion Blackett Milner life and legacy INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I:
1. 'Joy to be hidden': thoughts from a biographer
2. Some essential concepts of Marion Blackett Milner: Framing, Concentration, Absentmindedness, Reverie
3. 'The Pliable Medium'
4. Winnicott and Milner - recognising the legacy of collegial love
5. The Use Creativity Can Make of Pain
6. Talking with Marion Milner about Donald W. Winnicott and about herself (1981)
7. 'What a lovely woman: my youthful encounters with Marion Milner (1985-1998)
8. Interview with Marion Milner (1990)
9. 'Tea' with Marion Milner (1996)
10. My friend, Marion Milner Section II: Clinical applications: Milner in the psychoanalytic consulting room INTRODUCTION TO SECTION II
11. 'Access to darkly hidden powers'-the context to Marion Milner's psychoanalytic training and clinical work
12. 'My Analyst Marion Milner' Preface to Chapters 13 and 14: Marion Milner behind the couch
13. 'I was her last Training Case' - analysis with Marion Milner and supervision with Winnicott
14. 'Marion was uniquely placed to understand'... (analyses with Marion Milner and with Donald Winnicott)
15. Marion Milner: thinking together... (on her supervision with Milner 1977-1978)
16. 'A meaningful encounter' - my supervision with Marion Milner (1990-1993)
17. 'Holding and Visceral Attention': bodily concentration of an analyst under COVID-19 lockdown Section III: Milner: art and creativity INTRODUCTION TO SECTION III
18. 'Milner and the origins of creativity': from symbolism to symbol formation and illusion
19. 'The Chosen Medium': Milner's art
20. Introduction to Marion Milner's work on creativity and art
21. Remembering Marion Milner (from 1981 to 1998)
22. 'Jugs, Mugs, and Goblets': Comments on Marion Milner's artistic insights
23. 'Scrappy observations'
24. 'A Deeper-rooted Kind of Knowing'
25. 'What sort of Mrs Milner is she?' Thinking the experience mostly in words
26. 'A Womb of One's Own': holding hands, mutual muddlement, and the so-slow finding of feet in Marion Milner's creative clinical cradling of 'Susan' Section IV: Milner's books and other endeavours INTRODUCTION TO SECTION IV
27. The Human Problem in Schools: A refined application of psychological ideals
28. Marion Milner: a many-branched psychologist at work: (The human problem in schools)
29. 'Diaries over a lifetime': the diary-work of Marion Milner: A Life of One's Own; Experiment in Leisure; Eternity's Sunrise; Bothered by Alligators 30. 'What Sort of Therapist Are You?' Reflections on The Suppressed Madness of Sane Men 31. 'Letting oneself be breathed'-On Not Being Able to Paint 32. 'The insides of solid things' - On Not Being Able to Paint 33. Q&A with Marion Milner on The Hands of the Living God 34. 'The Play of Opposites' - Milner's last book: Bothered by Alligators Section V: About Marion: Recollections and reflections INTRODUCTION TO SECTION V
35. 'Granny Plasticine' - my grandmother Marion Blackett Milner
36. 'Words made flesh...' On editing Marion Milner
37. 'The Visitation'
38. 'Marion on the Swing'
39. 'Marion on the Drums'
40. 'Marion Milner, Shakespeare and fashion'
41. 'Getting to know Marion Milner': An unexpected gift from the late Andreas Giannakoulas
42. 'It Thought Me' - on interviewing Marion Milner Epilogue: Marion Milner: 'A mind becoming more aware of itself'