Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

"A pioneering approach to clinical work with children and young people, emphasising the essential nature of the meaning of behaviour. The book only has 129 pages, but is packed with good research and a clear presentation of this approach from the author... I recommend this book to our membership and I will encourage my staff and colleagues to read it." - Rachel Eastop, MBACP, BACP Children & Young People "From the first paragraph, I was excited. By the second page, I was cheering. As I read further, no matter how my expectations soared, the author repeatedly exceeded them... I found this book a very rewarding read. Recurrent themes consistently reappeared but not in a repetitive manner, rather expanding and stretching the concepts and thu eliciting deeper meaning." - Glen Barnes, Australian Association of Family Therapy

Ruth Schmidt Neven, PhD is a child psychotherapist, clinical psychologist, educator and researcher. She trained at the Tavistock Clinic in London and over four decades has brought a pioneering approach to clinical work with children and young people, emphasising the essential nature of the meaning of behaviour.

Part 1 Introduction and overview 1. Current concerns about child and adolescent mental health Challenging articles of faith 2. A short history of time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy with adults 3. A critical assessment of research and outcome studies of time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and young Part 2 4. Reconfiguring a psychodynamic approach for current times Refreshing and redefining the psychodynamic enterprise 5. The clinical method in time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy with children, young people and parents 6. The clinical technique in time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy with children, young people and parents 7. Placing the child and young person in the therapeutic frame 8. Clinical challenges - The potential of the time-limited model 9. Empowering parents in times of change 10. The clinical outcome- Implications for training and research 11. Shifting the paradigm towards positive mental health for children, parents and young people Bibliography Index