Using Projective Methods with Children: The Selected Works of Steve Tuber

Nominated for a 2018 Gradiva Award for Best Book by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, Using Projective Methods with Children is an enhanced synthesis of Steve Tuber’s previously published research on the study of projective methods to assess the representations of self and others, as well as the actual interpersonal experiences children internalize in the form of these representations. Integrating conceptual and empirical work, with an emphasis on the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM), the book offers unique, evidence-based information on the importance of assessing particular aspects of a child’s inner self. The studies cover a broad range of topics such as dreams, anxiety disorders, political oppression, homelessness, and multiculturalism, and each is supplemented with an analytical introduction. A section that discusses future areas of research is also included.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction About This Book Section One: The Conceptual Links Between an Object Relational Approach to Normal and Pathological Development and Projective Methods 1. A Conceptual Framework for Projective Assessment: The Domains of Negative and Positive Object Relations Section Two: The Projective Tasks Used in This Book 2. Measures Employed to Assess Object Representations: The MOA Scale 3. Using the MOA Scale With a Non-Clinical Population 4. Using the MOA Scale With a Slightly Older Population 5. The Object Representation Scale for Dreams (Krohn) 6. The Animal Preference Test Section Three: Assessing the Object Relations of Varying Child Populations 7. The Object Relations of Children With ADHD 8. Assessing Narcissistic Pathology in Children Using the RIM 9. Assessing the Object Relational World of Preschoolers With Imaginary Companions 10. Assessing the Object Relations of Boys With Separation Anxiety Disorder Section Four: Assessing Object Relations With Child Populations Under Extreme Duress 11. Using the MOA Scale With a Child Inpatient Population 12. Rorschach Assessments of Homeless Children 13. Another Study of Homeless Children 14. Rorschach Assessments of Children About to Undergo Surgery 15. Children’s MOA Responses Under Extreme Political Oppression Section Five: Using Projective Methods in N of 1 Case Studies 16: Using the Children’s Apperception Task as an Idiographic Indicator of Treatment Themes Over Time 17: Using the Rorschach as a Predictor of Change 18: Two Case Studies of Children With ADHD 19: Briefer Vignettes Linking MOA Scale Scores to Child Treatment Section Six: More Recent Research, Including Future Possibilities 20. Ongoing Research Linking the Rorschach Task With Clinical Work With Children References Index