Contemporary Child Psychotherapy

Contemporary Child Psychotherapy: Integration and Imagination in Creative Clinical Practice demonstrates the step-by-step process of developing the depth of understanding, creativity, knowledge and skill that underpin a modern integrative child psychotherapist. Portrayed is a flexible model that is fluid and evolving, bringing together traditional, long-held ideas with fresh perspectives and up-to-date research. In bringing together psychoanalytic theory, attachment theory, trauma theories, the arts and creativity, neuroscience and the body, a rich framework is created. From this, the individual integrative child psychotherapist can choose the interventions which best foster the emotional development of each unique child and their parents today.

Contemporary Child Psychotherapy: Integration and Imagination in Creative Clinical Practice demonstrates the step-by-step process of developing the depth of understanding, creativity, knowledge and skill that underpin a modern integrative child psychotherapist. Portrayed is a flexible model that is fluid and evolving, bringing together traditional, long-held ideas with fresh perspectives and up-to-date research. In bringing together psychoanalytic theory, attachment theory, trauma theories, the arts and creativity, neuroscience and the body, a rich framework is created. From this, the individual integrative child psychotherapist can choose the interventions which best foster the emotional development of each unique child and their parents today.

Acknowledgements About the editors and contributors Foreword by Dan Hughes Introduction by Roz ReadChapter 1 Addicted to action, fear of being Graham MusicChapter 2 Experiences of being held: creating a space to think and play within a family Neela BasuChapter 3 The effects of chronic trauma and neglect Karlien Smith-ClaassensChapter 4 Porges meets Winnicott Irene AlberioneChapter 5 Autism and sensory sensitivity Jessica OliveChapter 6 "Finding Dory": a story of an eight year old's journey from loss to hope and strength Celine AllderChapter 7 Making sense of the pieces Adina BelloliChapter 8 Space rockets and mobile homes: reaching the place of hope by traversing the landscape of trauma and loss Sarah MarxChapter 9 All in bits: trauma, fragmentation, and the journey of piecing back together Megan HollandChapter 10 Safety, trust, and maternal deprivation Maria FurlongChapter 11 Working in schools: parents and the system around the child Liz Murray-BlighChapter 12 Building a therapeutic service in schools: the role of an integrative child psychotherapist Jane BrinsonChapter 13 Empathising with defences through the use of arts and metaphor Clair LewoskiChapter 14 Finding and nurturing the gold: an integrative approach to working with an adopted adolescent and her parent Roz ReadChapter 15 Developing a "cradle of concern" using transference and countertransference in therapy and supervision Jeanne Magagna