It is widely acknowledged that children need structure, security, stability and attachment to develop and flourish, and that the father is an important part of this.
Issues such as high divorce rates, new family structures, increased mobility, women's liberation and contraception are very common in society. This book sets out to explore what has happened to men and to fathers during all these changes and transitions. Judith Trowell and Alicia Etchegoyen, along with an array of renowned contributors, consider the importance of fathers in various situations, including:...
It is widely acknowledged that children need structure, security, stability and attachment to develop and flourish, and that the father is an impor...
Young children are either cute and delightful or are having temper tantrums. Primary school children are eager and enthusiastic gaining mastery of their world, defiant and difficult at times, but still mainly wanting to please, responding to suggestions and requirements. Then comes adolescence and the rules of engagement change. Young adolescents aged ten to fourteen years are still legally children; parents or carers are responsible for them and their behavior. However, these young people begin to see themselves as separate independent individuals. Friendships become more intense and the...
Young children are either cute and delightful or are having temper tantrums. Primary school children are eager and enthusiastic gaining mastery of the...
This book draws together work from across Europe by leading clinical researchers who have taken up this challenge and have undertaken clinical research to look at the effectiveness of psychoanalytic interventions. They are mostly time-limited, brief, non-intensive ways of working, so are applicable in many settings and can therefore be generalized to other clinical teams. The populations worked with are diverse and often present mainstream services with refractory clinical problems so an applied psychoanalytic approach is well worth trying, given the evidence in this volume.
There...
This book draws together work from across Europe by leading clinical researchers who have taken up this challenge and have undertaken clinical researc...
This book explores whether children and young people--aged nine to fifteen years--suffering from depression could be helped using brief, focused psychodynamic psychotherapy together with parent work and family therapy. The conclusions are based on work done at the Tavistock Clinic and other centers in Athens and Helsinki.
The chapters describe the work done by the clinicians and include the scientific papers that emerged from the work. Most of the children and teens studies showed a noticeable improvement, and it is hoped that the publication of this work will encourage the use of...
This book explores whether children and young people--aged nine to fifteen years--suffering from depression could be helped using brief, focused psych...
Christine Bradley Francia Kinchington Judith Trowell
This book provides an attachment-informed assessment and treatment model for understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatized children, based upon concepts deriving from the traditions of Winnicott and Bowlby and supported by current neuroscience and trauma research.
This book provides an attachment-informed assessment and treatment model for understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatized childr...
