Main description:

Psychodynamic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy is both a textbook and book of reference for all child and adolescent psychotherapists. It addresses both novices, who need to learn the theories and methods of the work, and also experienced psychotherapists, who want to expand their knowledge, at the same time getting a readily-accessible update and revival of the many ways in which psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy enters into contemporary practice. The book offers a clear, methodologically precise and updated introduction to the theories, methods and practice of the field.

The authors demonstrate through practical examples what psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy is, and how a psychotherapy can be planned and carried out, expounding the necessary preconditions, settings and methods. A personal understanding of the complexity of the therapeutic relationship is presented together with an elucidation of drawings and symbolic play, parallel work with parents, and the special conditions for work with adolescents. A special section deals with the meaning of time, beginnings, endings, and breaks in psychotherapy, followed by a part about the methodological adaptations necessary for psychotherapy with children and adolescents suffering from maltreatment and complex trauma. Psychodynamic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy ends with a description of the present state of research in the field.

Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ABOUT THE AUTHORS, FOREWORD, INTRODUCTION, PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHODYNAMIC CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY, CHAPTER ONE: Psychodynamic theories of development and psychopathology, CHAPTER TWO: What is psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy?, CHAPTER THREE: Referral and assessment, PART II: THERAPEUTIC SETTINGS AND THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP, CHAPTER FOUR: Therapeutic settings in child and adolescent psychotherapy, CHAPTER FIVE: The therapeutic relationship, CHAPTER SIX: Understanding drawings and symbolic play, CHAPTER SEVEN: Work with parents, CHAPTER EIGHT: Psychotherapy with adolescents, PART III: THE EXPERIENCE OF TIME IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS, CHAPTER NINE: Beginnings and endings of child and adolescent psychotherapy, CHAPTER TEN: Breaks: a window to fundamental relationship themes, PART IV: PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED MALTREATMENT AND COMPLEX TRAUMA, CHAPTER ELEVEN: Psychotherapy in the aftermath of early neglect and abuse, CHAPTER TWELVE: Psychotherapy with children who have suffered complex trauma, PART V: RESEARCH IN PSYCHODYNAMIC CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY, CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The present state of research in psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy, REFERENCES, INDEX