Psychodynamic Treatment Of Children With Severe Emotional Disturbances

Download or read book Psychodynamic Treatment of Children with Severe Emotional Disturbances written by Gertrude Pollitt and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Psychodynmaic Treatment of Children with Severe Emotional Disturbances, author Gertrude Pollitt demonstrates the best practices of treating severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents to help them adapt and thrive in the real world while also addressing their own intimate needs. Pollitt translates complex theoretical concepts and clinical paradigms in simple language so that the reader will find them readily accessible. Throughout this book clinical vignettes illustrate various conceptual frameworks, including that of Anna Freund and the developmental ladder and Donald Winnicott’s ideas of the importance of a facilitating environment.