Relational Child Psychotherapy

by Altman, Neil; Briggs, Richard; Frankel, Jay; Gensler, Daniel; Pantone, Pasqual

• ISBN13: 9781590514221
• ISBN10: 159051422X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-09
• Publisher: Other Press

Summary

Child psychotherapists 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 integrate the best of what they offer in their therapeutic work.

Author Biography

Neil Altman PhD is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, author, and clinician who treats people of all ages. Altman earned his PhD in clinical psychology from NYU in 1979. From 2005 to 2008 he served as a representative to the United Nations for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. In 2009 Altman began working as editor emeritus for the publication Psychoanalytic Dialogues. In 2015 he won the Founder's Award from the psychoanalysis division of the American Psychological Association. He lives in New York.

Richard Briggs PhD is a psychologist with thirty years of experience in private practice. He earned a masters at Harvard before getting a doctorate in clinical psychology at NYU and a post-doctoral certificate from the William Alanson White Institute. Dr. Briggs is licensed to practice in the state of Connecticut.

Jay Frankel PhD is a clinical consultant at NYU's Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Dr. Frankel earned a BA from Hunter College in 1972 and went on to get an MA and a PhD from St. John's University in 1974 and 1980.

Daniel Gensler, PhD, is a psychologist with more than thirty years spent in practice. He is licensed in New York and treats children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Gensler earned a BA from Harvard in 1972 and a PhD from Ferkauf Grad School-Yeshiva in 1980.

Pasqual Pantone PhD is a psychologist licensed in New York. He treats adolescents, adults, families, and individuals.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction
Child and Parent Development from a Relational Viewpoint	p. 17
Infancy and Preschool Years	p. 19
Grade School Years and Parental Development	p. 53
Love and Identification between Parent and Child	p. 77
Cultural and Socioeconomic Influences	p. 87
Psychopathology from a Relational Viewpoint	p. 103
Three Assumptions about Psychopathology	p. 105
Different Ways of Thinking about Psychopathology	p. 133
Conceiving of Treatment	p. 151
Assessment and Treatment Planning	p. 153
Child and Therapist in the Treatment Room	p. 185
Play in Child Treatment	p. 187
Transference and Countertransference in Child Treatment	p. 215
Launching the Therapy with the Child	p. 231
Interaction in Child Psychotherapy	p. 253
Using Countertransference and Participation in Handling Impasses	p. 269
The Context of Child Psychotherapy	p. 283
Including Parents in the Psychotherapy	p. 287
The Therapist in the Child's Larger World	p. 311
Therapeutic Action	p. 337
Postscript on Endings	p. 367
References	p. 371
Index	p. 393
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