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Book SynopsisIn 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. The author translates complex theoretical concepts and clinical paradigms in simple language so that the reader will find them readily accessible. Throughout the book clinical vignettes illustrate various conceptual frameworks, including that of Anna Freund and the developemntal ladder and Donald Winnicott's ideas of the importance of a facilitating environment.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 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
