Psychotherapy with Severely Deprived Children

by Mary Boston (Editor), Rolene Szur (Editor)

Overview

This book draws on the experience of some eighty severely deprived children referred for individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy to the Tavistock and other clinics and schools in the London area. It describes how child psychotherapists found themselves treating the severely deprived children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367324957
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/05/2019
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to New Edition — Introduction — The Tavistock Workshop: an Overall View — Falling and Being Dropped — Sticking: More Girls in Care — Abandoned — Sexuality and Aggression as Related Themes — Technical Problems in Therapy — Psychological Assessment — ‘I’M Bad, No Good, Cant’t Think’ — Difficulties About Thinking and Learning — The Transition From an Institution to a Family — Growing Up in Foster Care One Boy’S Struggles — Breakdown and Reconstitution of the Family Circle — Thinking Together About Children in Care — Fieldwork: First Visit to a Foster Family — Some Feelings Aroused in Working with Severely Deprived Children