1st Edition
Reflective Practice in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Listening to Young People
01. Psychotherapy with children, young people and families 02. Fantasy and lies 03. Labelling children and young people 04. Sex 05. Identity 06. Play 07. Endings and loss
Biography
Jeanine Connor is a child and adolescent psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer in private practice with a special interest in children, adolescents and looked after children. She is editor of BACP Children, Young People & Families and a regular contributor to BACP Therapy Today. Jeanine has previously worked in educational settings and in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
'This powerful, concentrated book captures the essence of psychodynamic practice with children, young people and their families today. These kids bring unimaginable lives of indifference, betrayal, neglect and abuse, or sometimes just incomprehension, from those charged with their care. Jeanine Connor decries lazy labelling and eschews the fairy-tale ending; rather, she leaves threads so the reader – whether student, experienced practitioner or, indeed, parent – can explore, quarrel with and unravel her insightful interpretations and interventions. Alongside are helpful references to beacon texts from the literature. These stories celebrate the role of the therapist – listening, absorbing, containing, understanding and ultimately, we hope, freeing.'
Catherine Jackson, Editor, BACP Therapy Today
'For any aspiring therapist working with children and young people, this book demonstrates how to be both firm and kind, how to combine clear theoretical thinking with human compassion and a flexibility of approach. This is an accessible, unpretentious book, distilling many years of wise practice with young clients. I recommend it to all therapists learning how best to work with the turbulence of adolescence.'
Nick Luxmoore, Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Trainer and Author
