Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Treatment of Children and Adolescents

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In the nearly one hundred years that have elapsed since Freud’s publication of his pioneering work with “Little Hans,” psychoanalysis has transformed not only our clinical work with children, but has immeasurably enriched our understanding of normal child and adolescent development as well as developmental deviations and derailments. We have gradually come to understand childhood and... Read more

In the nearly one hundred years that have elapsed since Freud’s publication of his pioneering work with “Little Hans,” psychoanalysis has transformed not only our clinical work with children, but has immeasurably enriched our understanding of normal child and adolescent development as well as developmental deviations and derailments. We have gradually come to understand childhood and adolescence as a complex tapestry of developmental themes, conflicts, and crises; sometimes discontinuous or discrete, at other times, harmonious and integrated, yet always occurring within a transactional matrix of environmental influences and internal experience.

In this transdisciplinary anthology, eight authors explore the changing terrain of child and adolescent psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy. The contributions, which reflect theoretical and clinical heterogeneity, are both innovative and varied, and range from the highly abstract and theoretical to those that consider very specific dimensions of clinical process. Collectively, they make a compelling case for the continued relevance of psychoanalytic ideas in the treatment of children and adolescents. With insightful contributions by expert psychoanalysts, clinical social workers, and clinical psychologists, Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Treatment of Children and Adolescents: Tradition and Transformation is essential reading for child and adolescent therapists.

Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Treatment of Children and Adolescents will increase your knowledge of:

the function of play in normal development--and within the treatment relationship
psychoanalytic theories and research investigations linking early object loss to depression
the nature of adolescent depression
the theoretical and clinical dimensions of a two-systems approach to understanding psychopathology and the clinical process
the dynamic meaning and clinical management of drug and alcohol abuse, promiscuity, eating disorders, violence, and other self-destructive behaviors
the complexities of treating children with neuropsychological deficits

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Introduction
The Play Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance
Discovering the Inner Life of a Child: Exploration, Illumination, and Elaboration of Play Space
The Impact of Early Loss on Depression: Dynamic Origins and Empirical Findings
Transformation of Narcissism and the Intersubjective Therapeutic Exchange: A Depressed Adolescent Patient Shares His Music and Lyrics with His Therapist
Two Systems of Self Regulation
A Two-Systems Approach to the Treatment of a Disturbed Adolescent
The Therapeutic Process with Children with Learning Disorders
Attention Deficit Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, and Learning Disabilities: Preliminary Results of an Object-Relational/Psychoeducational Treatment Approach with an Eight-Year-Old Girl
About the Contributors
Index
Reference Notes Included

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Jerrold R Brandell

Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Treatment of Children and Adolescents Tradition and Transformation

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