Glimpses of John Hood-Williams, July 1988

Hood-Williams talks about his first encounters with Margaret Lowenfeld, experience as a student at the Institute of Child Psychology, his memories of Dr Lowenfeld and her methods. Also shows Hood-Williams interacting with a child making a 'World' in the sand tray, commenting and analysing. The video has a continuous soundtrack playing in the background.

The end of the video states it was 'Compiled in memory of John Hood-Williams from videotapes [from July 1988] on the life of Margaret Lowenfeld'. John Hood-Williams was killed in a road accident in 1999.

John Hood Williams was a former student of Margaret Lowenfeld at the Institute of Child Psychology. He was the author or editor of several books on psychology and sociology including Beyond Sex and Gender by Wendy Cealey Harrison and John Hood-Williams (Sage Publishing, 2002), Child Psychotherapy, War and the Normal Child: Selected Papers of Margaret Lowenfeld, edited by Cathy Urwin and John Hood-Williams (Free Association Books, 1988), Issues in Sociology: Families by John Hood Williams and Diana Leonard (1992).

c.1989-1999

1 videocassette (18 mins)

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