Violence in Children - Understanding and Helping Those Who Harm

This book increases the reader's understanding of violent children and the value and vicissitudes of their psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It explores various aspects of violence and the attendant emotional, psychological, biological, and social features in children.

List of contents

Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction: the therapeutic work and theoretical framework -- Early life trauma and the psychogenesis and prevention of violence -- Violence in children -- The kick of life -- Violence and babies -- Non-retaliation: surviving a violent 5-year-old -- A little boy left alone -- Neutralizing terror -- Finding abused children's voices: junior-school living nightmares

About the author

Rosemary Campher is a Practising UKCP registered Psychotherapist who works with children and adults. She lectures Psychology and Psychotherapy at the British American College in London and works in private practice with children, adults and supervisees. She has worked for fifteen years with children. Special interests include Psychoanalysis, Child Therapy and Early Intervention and Prevention Programmes.

Summary

This book increases the reader's understanding of violent children and the value and vicissitudes of their psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It explores various aspects of violence and the attendant emotional, psychological, biological, and social features in children.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Campbell, CAMPHER, Rosemary Campher
• Assisted by: Rosemary Campher (Editor), Campher Rosemary (Editor), Brett Kahr (Editor of the series), Estela Welldon (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367329570
• ISBN: 978-0-367-32957-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Forensic, Psychotherapy, Child & developmental psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Child and Adolescent Studies