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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797678203321

Autore

Gil Eliana

Titolo

Termination challenges in child psychotherapy / / Eliana Gil, David A. Crenshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : The Guilford Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4625-2318-8

1-4625-2321-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

618.928914

Soggetti

Child psychotherapy - Termination

Psychotherapy

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

Termination as a necessary and useful closure of the formal therapy relationship -- Open door terminations : a developmentally sensitive approach -- Revolving door of managed care -- Premature termination -- Unique issues in termination in child therapy -- Countertransference issues -- Crucial goals and specific strategies for successful termination -- Case studies in failures and successes in the termination process.

Sommario/riassunto

Ending therapy in an appropriate and meaningful way is especially important in work with children and adolescents, yet the topic is often overlooked in clinical training. From leading child clinicians, this much-needed book examines the termination process/m-/both for brief and longer-term encounters/m-/and offers practical guidance illustrated with vivid case material. Tools are provided for helping children and families understand termination and work through associated feelings of loss and grief. Challenges in creating positive endings to therapy with children who have experienced trauma an