Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Ad... - 9781138960930

Taylor & Francis

Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and AdolescentsAn interactive approach\nAuthor(s): Ruth Schmidt Neven\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138960930, 978-1138960930\nSynopsis\nAt a time when there is increasing concern about the escalation of child and adolescent mental health problems, Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents provides an innovative contextual model that engages the child or young person and their parents. The core of the model is the recognition of the dynamic capacity for growth in the child and how this, in itself, creates opportunities for effective treatment over a relatively short period of time. \n\nBased on evidence that the most enduring therapeutic outcomes involve a shift in the parents relational understanding of themselves, as well as a change in the child, the book uses case examples to show how this model can be applied in everyday t.