Relational Child, Relational Brain: Development and Therapy in Childhood and Adolescence

ISBN-13: 9780415807760 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 351 str.

Robert G. Lee; Neil Harris

Opis

Volume II in the Evolution of Gestalt series, Relational Child, Relational Brain continues the development of the paradigm shift that places human development in a field that is deeply complex and fundamentally one of interconnection, taking us away from the limiting view of us as separate individuals. It builds on the foundation of contemporary views of relational neurodevelopment and the profound influence of relationship on brain growth. It shows how, particularly in the first two years of life, but continuing across the whole of childhood and adolescence into early adulthood, the relational field is the context of child development. The focus then broadens out to examine the intersubjective influence of community, culture, and social and physical support. Backed by neurobiological and related research, it offers many examples of relational Gestalt practice with children, adolescents, and their families, with stories of loss, trauma, isolation, and other adversities. Not just an invaluable resource for child and adolescent therapists, Relational Child, Relational Brain goes beyond the Esalen Study Conference from which it emerged and is a further invitation and challenge to apply relational Gestalt practice as a coherent and effective way forward in the troubled world of today.

Spis treści

Part I: Theory. Wheeler, Who Are We? Narrative, Evolution, and Deployment: Our Stories and Ourselves. Lee, Shame and Belonging in Childhood: The Interaction between Relationship and Neurobiological Development in the Early Years of Life. Siegel, Attachment and Mindfulness: Paths of the Developing Brain. Part II: Support. Harris, Something in the Air: Conditions that Promote Contact when Meeting Young People Who Have Stories of Early Trauma and Loss. Norén, The Tiger Girl: A Story of Committed, Coordinated, Multilevel Support. Starrs, The Adolescent Male: Shame, Support, and Developmentally Effective Psychotherapy. McConville, Relational Modes and the Evolving Field of Parent-child Contact: A Contribution to a Gestalt Theory of Development. Part III: Applications. Tervo, Zig Zag Flop and Roll: Creating an Embodied Field for Healing and Awareness when Working with Children. Mortola, Hiton, Grant, A Different Kind of Contact for Boys: Understanding the Influences of Nature and Nurture on a Boy's Relational Style. Starrs, Working with Adolescents from a Catholic Background in Northern Ireland: A Generation's Long Accumulation of Shame. Blumenthal, Disordered Eating: A Tapestry of Relational Themes and Creative Adjustment. Blend, Am I Bovvered? A Gestalt Approach to Working with Adolescents. Mortola, You, Me, and Parts of Myself I'm Still Getting to Know: An Interview with Violet Oaklander on the Role of the Relational Triangle in Her Approach to Therapeutic Work with Children and Adolescents.