1st Edition

Psychotherapy with Severely Deprived Children

Edited By Mary Boston, Rolene Szur Copyright 1983
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1983, this study describes the experience of severely deprived children referred for individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic in London, and at other clinics and schools. Most were living in children’s homes, all came from chaotic and disrupted families, and many had been abused or neglected. Children from such backgrounds have previously been... Read more

Acknowledgments.  Contributors and Therapists.  Introduction.  1. Mary Boston The Tavistock Workshop: An Overall View  2. Falling and Being Dropped  3. Sticking: More Girls in Care  4. Abandoned  5. Rolene Szur Sexuality and Aggression as Related Themes  6. Mary Boston Technical Problems in Therapy  7. Eva Holmes Psychological Assessment  8. ‘I’m Bad, No Good, Can’t Think’  9. Gianna Henry Difficulties about Thinking and Learning  10. Rolene Szur The Transition from an Institution to a Family  11. Growing up in Foster Care: One Boy’s Struggles  12. Ronald Britton Breakdown and Reconstitution of the Family Circle  13. Joan Hutten Thinking Together about Children in Care  14. Brian Truckle Fieldwork: First Visit to a Foster Family  15. Shirley Hoxter Some Feelings Aroused in Working with Severely Deprived Children.  Sheila Miller Glossary.  Bibliography.  Index.

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Mary Boston, Rolene Szur