Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.

COVER; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 Foundations; Part introduction; Chapter 1 The analytic legacy; Chapter 2 Conceptual framework; Chapter 3 Psychoanalytic observation; Part 2 Assessment; Part introduction; Chapter 4 Referral and initial interview; Chapter 5 Individual assessment; Chapter 6 Developmental considerations; Chapter 7 Assessment for therapy; Chapter 8 Working with parents; Part 3 Therapy; Part introduction; Chapter 9 The setting, physical and mental, and limits; Chapter 10 Interpretation; Chapter 11 The role of play; Chapter 12 The challenges of play.

Chapter 13 Transference and countertransferenceChapter 14 Interpretation, play, and transference and countertransference in practice: Paul's story; Chapter 15 Adolescents; Chapter 16 Endings; Conclusion; References; Index.

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In this book, Peter Blake articulates his clinical practice of child and adolescent psychotherapy. A clear conceptual framework and historical context is provided for the work. The book is then structured to follow the therapeutic process, from assessment (referral and initial interview, individual assessment, developmental considerations, assessment for therapy, working with parents) to therapy (physical and mental settings, interpretation, the role and challenges of play, transference and countertransference, termination). Drawing on the Winnicottian tradition, in which fun and humour have a.

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