1st Edition
Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis Treating Trauma, Anxiety and Aggression
Foreword to the English edition
Antonino Ferro
Preface
Christel Airas
1. Introduction
Inkeri Suominen
2. On the transference and the relationship with a new developmental object in child psychoanalysis: the curative factors in child psychoanalytic treatment
Elisabeth Haapatalo
3. Treating early trauma – Aino’s psychoanalysis
Maarit Veikkolainen
4. Amanda – alone at world’s end
Inkeri Suominen
5. The case of Tiina: the struggle to relinquish the need to control mother
Mervi-Marja Mero
6. From rumination to thinking: the psychoanalysis of an 8-13-year-old boy
Leena Linna-Koskela
7. The case of Liisa: the enigma of a preadolescent girl’s hysterical symptoms
Merja Kaleva
8: Uncovering the sources of phobic fears: the psychoanalysis of a seven-year-old girl
Christel Airas
Glossary
Biography
Christel Airas is a child and adolescent psychoanalyst in private practice in Helsinki, Finland. She is a training and supervising analyst in the Finnish Psychoanalytical Society.
“The book is reader-friendly and well and carefully put together. An excellent addition to the literature in the field.”
Johannes Lehtonen, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Eastern Finland, psychoanalyst and clinical neurophysiologist
“The book constitutes a valuable whole; it reflects genuine psychoanalytic work and represents the hope of an individual’s psychic survival in a convincing way. Precious reading not only for clinicians but all interested in the child within in each of us.
Simo Salonen, MD, PhD, training and supervising analyst of the Finnish Psychoanalytical Society and Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Turku, Finland.
