Doing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Adapting Psychodynamic Treatment to Contemporary Practice (Hardcover, 2)

What’s New to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Acknowledgments.

To the Reader.

Part I The Essentials.

1 Easy Does It: Beginning Therapy.

2 Can I Help You? Evaluating the Child and Offering Treatment.

3 The Not-So-Magic of Therapy: How Therapy Works.

4 Do Fence Me In: The Bounds and Limits.

5 Tell Me Where It Hurts: On Talking and Querying.

Part II Techniques and Tools.

6 The Lowdown on High Drama: Playing with Puppets and Action Figures.

7 Shoot, Topple, and Roll: Using Games, Building Toys, and Guns.

8 Drawing Out the Child: Artwork in Therapy.

9 All Together Now: Balancing Play and Talk.

10 Pushing the Envelope: On Giving, Telling, and Other Exceptions.

Part III The Rest.

11 Handle with Care: Working with Parents.

12 Handle with Care, Part II: More Work with Parents.

13 On Brotherly Love and Musical Chairs: Family Work.

14 Talking Heads: Working with Schools and Other Agencies.

15 Hard Times: Unwilling Patients and Therapeutic Crises.

16 Getting to Know You, Getting to Know Me: Race, Religion, and Culture.

17 When Therapy Is Not Enough: Medication.

18 I Can Name That Tune in Six Sessions: Managed Care and Evidence-Based Treatment.

19 All’s Well That Ends Well: Closing Therapy.

References.

Index.

About the Author.