The use of psychoanalytic concepts in therapy with families : for all professionals working with families / / Hilary A. Davies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957643903321
• Autore: Davies Hilary A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Karnac Books, 2010
• ISBN: 0-429-92265-5; 0-429-90842-3; 0-429-48365-1; 1-282-77938-9; 9786612779381; 1-84940-732-0
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Collana: UKCP Karnac series
• Disciplina: 616.89/156; 616.89156
• Soggetti: Family psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
• 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 (p. 169-174) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About The Author; Introduction; Chapter One: Psychoanalysis; Chapter Two: Therapy with families and family therapy; Chapter Three: Psychoanalytic theory, concepts, and practice with families; Chapter Four: Young children with feeding difficulties; Chapter Five: Children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa; Chapter Six: Children who have experienced emotional harm; Chapter Seven: Young children whose behaviour can be violent; Chapter Eight: Adolescents whose bodies bear the emotional hurt; Chapter Nine: Children whose parents are "at war"; Chapter Ten: Perspectives and practice References
• Sommario/riassunto: This book begins with a readable practitioner's guide to psychoanalytic theory and concepts. It moves on to give a number of detailed practice-based examples of the application of this theoretical model in the therapy room with the families of children seeking help with a variety of difficulties. The ideas are presented as an enhancement, and not an ; alternative, to the different styles and schools of therapy with families, and aim at enriching and broadening both the therapists thinking and practice skills. The examples include: children who have suffered emotional harm, young children whose behaviour can be violent, feeding difficulties, anorexia nervosa, somatic presentations, and children whose separated parents are in conflict. The author writes clearly and enthusiastically on the important possibilities that this way of thinking can bring to therapists work with families.