Doing Child and Adolescent Therapy: Adapting Psychodynamic Treatment to Contemporary Practice

Doing Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
What’s New to the Second Edition......Page 10
Preface to the First Edition......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
To the Reader......Page 18
Part I. The Essentials......Page 22
1. Easy Does It: Beginning Therapy......Page 24
2. Can I Help You? Evaluating the Child and Offering Treatment......Page 36
3. The Not-So-Magic of Therapy: How Thepary Works......Page 50
4. Do Fence Me In: The Bounds and Limits......Page 68
5. Tell Me Where It Hurts: On Talking and Querying......Page 84
Part II. Techniques and Tools......Page 96
6. The Lowdown on High Drama: Playing with Puppets and Action Figures......Page 98
7. Shoot, Topple, and Roll: Using Games, Building Toys, and Guns......Page 110
8. Drawing Out the Child: Artwork in Therapy......Page 126
9. All Together Now: Balancing Play and Talk......Page 146
10. Pushing the Envelope: On Giving, Telling, and Other Exceptions......Page 162
Part III. The Rest......Page 180
11. Handle with Care: Working with Parents......Page 182
12. Handle with Care, Part II: More Work with Parents......Page 198
13. On Brotherly Love and Musical Chairs: Family Work......Page 208
14. Talking Heads: Working with Schools and Other Agencies......Page 220
15. Hard Times: Unwilling Patients and Therapeutic Crises......Page 230
16. Getting to Know You, Getting to Know Me: Race, Religion, and Culture......Page 248
17. When Therapy Is Not Enough: Medication......Page 260
18. I Can Name That Tune in Six Sessions: Managed Care and Evidence-Based Treatment......Page 270
19. All’s Well That Ends Well: Closing Therapy......Page 282
References......Page 298
Index......Page 304
About the Author......Page 314