From Chaos to Coherence: Psychotherapy with a Little Boy with ADHD

ISBN-13: 9780367324605 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 256 str.

Elisabeth Cleve

Opis

From Chaos to Coherence is the true story, told in everyday language, of the adopted boy Douglas and his journey towards adulthood with the help of psychotherapy. Douglas has severe psychic, physical and social handicaps and is also diagnosed with ADHD. He is impulse-governed, aggressive, provocative and unable to interact with other ch

Spis treści

Foreword -- Introduction -- Our first meeting in the waiting room -- Douglas's life history -- The psychological assessment -- The first year of psychotherapy -- The second year -- The third year -- The fourth year -- The fifth year -- The sixth year -- The seventh and last year of psychotherapy -- Has it been worth it? -- Psychotherapy for children with emotional and neuropsychiatric disturbances -- Concluding remarks -- Tests used for the psychological assessment -- Criteria for ADHD according to diagnostic manual DSM-IV

O autorze

Elisabeth Cleve was born in 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden, where she was educated at the Erica Founcation, a training centre for psychotherapists specializing in children and adolescents. She is a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist for children and young people, a specialist in clinical psychology, a supervisor and an author. Her publications include 'From Chaos to Coherence. Psychotherapy with a boy with ADHD' (Karnac, 2004) and, with Britta Blomberg, 'The Machover Test. A Handbook with Theoretical Perspectives' (Psykologifoerlaget AB, 1997).