Rooted Sorrows

by Wall, Nicholas; RT Hon. the Lord Lloyd of Berwick

• ISBN13: 9780853083962
• ISBN10: 0853083967
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Jordans Pub

Summary

Rooted Sorrows: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Child Protection, Assessment, Therapy and Treatment is a unique collection of essays, drawn largely from the papers of the seminal conference held at Dartington Hall in 1995. The conference sought to assess the role, impact and importance of child psychology and psychoanalysis on the outcome of child protection cases.
The distinguished panel of contributors, including senior Family Court judges and leading experts in child psychology, set out both the theoretical background to child psychology and the use of such expert evidence in family court practice. Case histories illustrate each contributors own experiences in practice and demonstrate how such experiences can influence professional approaches to this difficult area.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Editor's Introduction
The impact of psychoanalytic practice on the family justice system	p. 1
Some aspects of theories of the mind: A psychodynamic perspective. How might they help a judge?	p. 8
First Plenary Session: Discussion	p. 17
Child sexual abuse	p. 20
Issues arising from the involvement of and expert evidence given by psychiatrists and psychologists in proceedings involving children	p. 34
Second Plenary Session: Discussion	p. 63
Response to Mr Justice Wall's paper	p. 69
Assessment of parenting	p. 74
Third Plenary Session: Discussion	p. 85
Child psychotherapy: What is it? Who does it? How can it be useful?	p. 88
Assessment of risk in the family justice system	p. 94
Fourth Plenary Session: Discussion	p. 106
Childhood and social order	p. 108
Fifth Plenary Session: Discussion	p. 117
Children who sexually abuse other children	p. 120
Conference review	p. 131
Bad parenting and pseudo parenting	p. 133
App. I: Conference Programme	p. 143
App. II: List of Participants	p. 145
A Social Services view of the Dartington Conference	p. 147
Members of the President's Inter-Disciplinary Committee	p. 149
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