1st Edition

Therapy with Children An Existential Perspective

By Chris Scalzo Copyright 2010
182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the existential themes and challenges present in all therapeutic relationships when working with children. Existential ideas and concepts are a rapidly growing influence on the practice of psychotherapy and yet their application to work with children remains largely unexplored. This book begins to redress this imbalance in a practical and engaging way by presenting an... Read more
Preface , Questioning and assumptions , A theory of existential practice with children , The process of child therapy , Play , Family and method , Family and context , Existential psychotherapy and psychoanalysis , Existential phenomenology , Knowing and not knowing: existential perspectives on truth , Language , Authenticity and anxiety , Conclusion

Biography

Chris Scalzo