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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463042003321

Autore

Cohen Etty <1952-, >

Titolo

Playing hard at life : a relational approach to treating multiply traumatized adolescents / / Etty Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hillsdale, N.J. ; ; London : , : Analytic Press, , 2003

ISBN

0-203-78022-1

1-134-90566-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/140835

Soggetti

Teenagers - Mental health

Post-traumatic stress disorder in children - Treatment

Adolescent psychotherapy

Abused children - Rehabilitation

Child abuse - Treatment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I. On the road to survival -- II. The evolution of the transference-countertransference- engagement, safety, and erotic phases -- III. Finding a treatment plan.

Sommario/riassunto

Playing Hard at Life brings contemporary relational thinking to bear on the psychodynamic treatment of a notably difficult group of young patients. Working with New York City teenagers who have survived the wars of inner-city life and Israeli teenage soldiers who have survived the wars of the Middle East, author Etty Cohen documents the extraordinary challenges of forming a treatment alliance with these shattered youngsters, of engaging them psychodynamically, and of working toward a viable termination.  The result is not only a poignant record of courage and commitment (on the pa