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In Psychodynmaic Treatment of Children with Severe Emotional Disturbances, author Gertrude Pollitt demonstrates the best practices of treating severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents to help them adapt and thrive in the real world while also addressing their own intimate needs. Pollitt translates complex theoretical concepts and clinical paradigms in simple language so that the reader will find them readily accessible. Throughout this book clinical vignettes illustrate various conceptual frameworks, including that of Anna Freund and the developmental ladder and Donald Winnicott's ideas of the importance of a facilitating environment.
List of contents
Introduction
Foreword
Author's Statement
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: The Implications of Working with Children in Clinical Practice
Chapter Two: Child Analysis and Child Therapy
Chapter Three: Psychodynamics of Play and Play Therapy with Children
Chapter Four: Anna Freud's Contribution to Child Psychoanalysis
Chapter Five: Melanie Klien's Contribution to Psychoanalysis and Early Childhood Development
Chapter Six: The Use of Fantasy Material in the Treatment of a Borderline Psychotic Child
Chapter Seven: Containing Rage and Anger in the Developmental Process
Chapter Eight: D.W.Winnicott's Contribution to Child Psychoanalysis
Chapter Nine: Separation Trauma in Infancy and Early Childhood
Chapter Ten: Emotional Implications of Young Students with Special Needs
Chapter Eleven: School Phobia
About the author
Dr. Gertrude Pollitt, Executive Director Emerita Center for Psychoanalytic Study in Chicago, is a practicing psychoanalyst, clinician, and social worker. She serves as consultant to agencies, schools, and mental health professionals and has been published in professional journals.
Summary
In Psychodynmaic Treatment of Children with Emotional Problems, author Gertrude Pollitt demonstrates the best practices of treating severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents to help them adapt and thrive in the real world while also addressing their own intimate needs.
