Childhood Depression - A Place for Psychotherapy

About the author

Gillian Miles is an adult psychotherapist, and member of the British Association of Psychotherapists. As a member of the Depression Study research team, she was a senior clinical lecturer in social work in the Child and Family Department of the Tavistock Clinic, where her work included assessment, clinical work with families, and work with parents in a multidisciplinary setting.Judith Trowell is an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Tavistock Clinic, and Professor of Child Mental Health, West Midlands NIMHE/CSIP and University of Worcester. She is a psychoanalyst and child analyst and worked for many years in the NHS as a clinician, trainer, and clinical researcher. Her publications include 'The Emotional Needs of Young Children and Their Families: Applications of Psychoanalysis in Community Settings' (with Marion Bower) and 'The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-Evaluation' (with Alicia Etchegoyen).

Summary

Based on the results of a project based at the Tavistock Clinic in London, this title explores whether children and young people aged nine years to fifteen years suffering from depression could be helped using brief focused psychodynamic psychotherapy together with parent work and family therapy.

Product details

• Authors: Gillian Miles, Miles Gillian, Michael Rustin
• Assisted by: Gillian Miles (Editor), Judith Trowell (Editor), Trowell Judith (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367323684
• ISBN: 978-0-367-32368-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Tavistock Clinic Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychotherapy, Child & developmental psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Child and Adolescent Studies, Brief Psychotherapy