Developmental Perspectives in Child Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy incorporates recent innovations in developmental theory and research into our understanding of the nature of change in child psychotherapy. Diverse psychoanalytic ideas and individual styles are represented, challenging the historical allegiance in analytic child therapy to particular, and so often singular, schools of thought. Each of the distinguished contributors offers a conceptually grounded and clinically rich account of child development.
Key Features
- Addresses topics such as reflective functioning, the role of play, dreaming, trauma and neglect, the development of recognition and mutuality, autism, adoption, and non-binary conceptions of gender.
- Includes extended clinical vignettes that provide insight into the convergence of theory and practice.
- Demonstrates the potential of psychoanalytic psychotherapy to advance child development.
- Appeals to all practicing mental health professionals.
Additional Information
This book presents a conceptually grounded and clinically rich account of child development. It challenges traditional views by integrating diverse psychoanalytic ideas and individual styles.
