Relational child psychotherapy / Neil Altman ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Altman, Neil, 1946-

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychotherapy.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Parent and child.

Physical Description:

xiv, 410 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Other Press, [2002]

Summary:

Child psychotherapists practicing today are faced with the challenge of developing a coherent theory and technique while drawing on a number of diverse traditions as disparate as psychoanalysis, behavior therapy, and family systems theory. This diversity presents child therapists with a rich heritage, but it also presents a formidable complexity to integrate the best of what they offer in their therapeutic work. This book develops such an integration, offering a rich overview of issues currently being addressed by clinicians and theoreticians, exploring various relational models and their implications for treatment. The authors bring to light the critical issues of clinical practice with children, and offer powerful new models for child psychotherapists. The problems and strategies for approaching the clinical relationship between child and therapist, as well as that between parent and therapist, are examined in depth. The authors also explore the clinical setting versus the role of the therapist in the extra-clinical context of a child's life, the therapeutic aspects of play, and the unique behaviors of children manifested in the therapeutic environment.

Contents:

Part 1 Child and Parent Development from a Relational Viewpoint 17

2 Infancy and Preschool Years 19

3 Grade School Years and Parental Development 53

4 Love and Identification between Parent and Child 77

5 Cultural and Socioeconomic Influences 87

Part 2 Psychopathology from a Relational Viewpoint 103

6 Three Assumptions about Psychopathology 105

7 Different Ways of Thinking about Psychopathology 133

Part 3 Conceiving of Treatment 151

8 Assessment and Treatment Planning 153

Part 4 Child and Therapist in the Treatment Room 185

9 Play in Child Treatment 187

10 Transference and Countertransference in Child Treatment 215

11 Launching the Therapy with the Child 231

12 Interaction in Child Psychotherapy 253

13 Using Countertransference and Participation in Handling Impasses 269

Part 5 The Context of Child Psychotherapy 283

14 Including Parents in the Psychotherapy 287

15 The Therapist in the Child's Larger World 311

16 Therapeutic Action 337.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-392) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1590510003

OCLC:

49383824