Relational Child Psychotherapy (Hardcover)

by Neil Altman (Editor), Richard Briggs (Editor), Jay Frankel (Editor), Daniel Gensler (Editor), Pasqual Pantone (Editor)

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Product Description
Child therapists practicing today are faced with the challenge of developing a coherent theory and technique while drawing on a number of diverse traditions as disparate as psychoanalysis, behavior therapy, and family systems theory. This diversity presents child therapists with a rich heritage, but it also presents a formidable complexity to be integrated into their therapeutic work.

This book develops such an integration, offering a rich overview of issues currently being addressed by clinicians and theoreticians, exploring various relational models and their implications for treatment. The authors bring to light the critical issues of clinical practice with children, and offer powerful new models for child psychotherapists.

The problems and strategies for approaching the clinical relationship between child and therapist, as well as that between parent and therapist, are examined in depth. The authors also explore the clinical setting versus the role of the therapist in the extra-clinical context of a child's life, the therapeutic aspects of play, and the unique behaviors of children manifested in the therapeutic environment.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Other Press (June 17, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590510003
• ISBN-13: 978-1590510001
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #376,002 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Must have for Child Psychotherapists, February 24, 2007

By	A. Arteaga "oceanave81" (New Haven, CT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The strength of this book is its very modern perspective. For those of us newer to the field, it effectively summarizes traditional analytic, object relations & dynamic theories in a very practical manner.

This book also acknowledges that the current climate of treatment and population we treat is very different from that which most of the theories came from. Contemporary concerns, like working with school, child protective services, and managed care are discussed. The authors advocate a stance where the best intervention for the situation is used, as opposed to rigidly trying to apply one theory to every situation.

5.0 out of 5 stars For the Relational / Interpersonal therapist, August 9, 2008

By	zoineos (Northern California) - See all my reviews

As a new therapist this book was excellent for describing my theoretical orientation from a psychodynamic relational interpersonal approach. I LOVE this book because it easily describes theory and application. A MUST have for both supervisors and MFT / social work trainees!