1st Edition

Technique in Child and Adolescent Analysis

Edited By Michael Gunter Copyright 2011
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

These are the edited papers from a conference held in 2008 on the topic of problems with child and adolescent analysis. The contributors come from widely differing theoretical backgrounds and use a broad variety of metapsychological concepts, among them contemporary Kleinian, post-Bionian classical Freudian. This collection helps widen our understanding of technique with children and adolescents... Read more
Foreword -- Introduction -- Problems of technique in analysis of children and adolescents: transference—interpretation—play -- “Lillifee thinks she’s an arsehole.” Three levels of technique in child analysis: containment, transformation, interpretation -- Clinical and technical problems in child and adolescent analysis (following in Bion’s footsteps) -- What about the transference? Technical issues in the treatment of children who cannot symbolize -- Identity and bisexuality: thoughts on technique from the analysis of an adolescent girl -- Some thoughts on psychoanalytical technique in the treatment of adolescents: on the development of body image, body ego, and ego structures -- Rivals or partners? The role of parents in psychoanalytical work with children

Biography

Gunter, Michael