1st Edition
Child Psychotherapy and the Games Children Play A Psychoanalytic Toolkit for Middle Childhood
1. Introduction Part I: Towards a developmental reformulation of Middle Childhood 2. Latency: A misnomer? Reconnecting the disconnect in the concept of Latency 3. The intra-psychic and inter-psychic grammar of middle childhood: a contemporary psychodynamic developmental reformulation Part II: The place of play, playing and game-play in child psychoanalytic psychotherapy: historical background and contemporary questions of clinical technique and practice 4. Historical background on technique in child psychoanalytic psychotherapy: The place of play, playing and game-play 5. Questions of play, playing and game-play PART III : Clinical theoretical formulation of game-play in the psychoanalytic playroom 6. 50 Shades of Game-play 7. Game-play and the triangular and polygonal space in psychotherapy 8. The playing field: the transference-countertransference matrix and transformations in game 9. Conclusion
Biography
Celine Maroudas is a senior consulting child and adult psychoanalytic psychotherapist and clinical psychologist, and has worked for many years with children, their parents, and with adult patients, in the public sector and in private practice. She is a clinical supervisor and teacher in a variety of advanced diploma programmes in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
‘Freud famously described middle childhood as a ‘latency’ stage, where powerful emotions and feelings have gone underground. But as Celine Maroudas’ wonderful new book makes clear, middle childhood is a critical developmental stage with its distinct challenges and achievements; and as counsellors and therapists, we need to urgently rethink our approaches to child psychotherapy with this age-group. This book shows us that using the familiar, structured games of middle childhood is not a way to avoid the ‘true’ work of psychotherapy; but rather offers a profound window into the inner world of middle childhood, with rich therapeutic potential.’
Nick Midgley, PhD, Professor of Psychological Therapies with Children and Young People, Anna Freud / UCL, London, UK.
