An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Table of Contents:
List of figures and tables Preface and acknowledgements About the editor and contributors Part 1: Introduction: context and stance for the child psychotherapist Orientation to play and psychoanalytic child and family assessment and therapy Carl Bagnini, Anabella Brostella, David Scharff, and Jill Savege Scharff The ethical stance in child psychotherapy Caroline Sehon Finding cultural humility Janine Wanlass The research basis for psychoanalytic child therapy Janine Wanlass Learning from process notes Janine Wanlass Part 2: Child and adolescent development The beginning of life Jill Savege Scharff Classical psychosexual and psychosocial theories of child development Jill Savege Scharff Infancy: The oral phase, integration, and disintegration Anabella Brostella Toddlerhood: The anal stage Anabella Brostella Preschool age: The phallic–narcissistic stage Jill Savege Scharff Kindergarten age: The oedipal stage Caroline Sehon Elementary school age: latency Ana Maria Barroso and Janine Wanlass Middle school age: puberty and preteen Lea Setton High school age: adolescence Ana Maria Barroso Part 3: Psychoanalytic theory of childhood Infancy: the mother–infant relationship Anabella Brostella Attachment Janine Wanlass Containment: Bion David Scharff Holding, handling, and the psychosomatic partnership: Winnicott Yolanda Varela Transitional space, transitional objects: Winnicott Anabella Brostella The role of relationships in endopsychic structure formation: Fairbairn David Scharff Early anxieties and projective identification: Klein Ana Maria Barroso The child in the family group: transgenerational inheritance and Bion’s three basic assumptions Carl Bagnini Unconscious communication: dreams and play Caroline Sehon The interpersonal unconscious and the transgenerational transmission of psychic trauma Caroline Sehon Sibling relationships and identity formation Anabella Brostella The impact of divorce on children and families Kate Scharff Suicide Vali Maduro Neuroscience and psychoanalysis Caroline Sehon Part 4: Clinical examples of wellness and symptom presentations of childhood Symptom presentations of childhood Jill Savege Scharff Situational and developmental crises: a healthy response Yolanda Varela Somatoform disorder: a disorder of anxiety Aidalida Altamirano and Jill Savege Scharff Obsessive–compulsive disorder: a disorder of anxiety Ana Maria Barroso Suicidality: a disorder of mood Jill Savege Scharff Addiction: a disorder of behavior Elizabeth Palacios Psychic trauma: a disorder of reaction Caroline Sehon Tic disorder: a disorder of mental functioning Jill Savege Scharff Attention deficit/hyperactivity: a neuropsychological disorder of mental functioning Jill Savege Scharff Learning disorders: disorders of written expression and reading Ana Maria Barroso Anorexia and bulimia: disorders of psychophysiology Janine Wanlass Encopresis and enuresis: a disorder of development Jill Savege Scharff Autism: a disorder of development David Scharff and Jill Savege Scharff Gender fluidity: a disorder of gender David Scharff Part 5: The child psychotherapist at work in the treatment room Working with parents Jill Savege Scharff Assessing family dynamics Carl Bagnini Child assessment for beginning therapy David Scharff Transference and countertransference (focused and contextual) David Scharff Interpretation Ana Maria Barroso Psychotherapy with toddlers Janine Wanlass Psychotherapy with latency age children Janine Wanlass Psychotherapy with a teenager Ana Maria Barroso Psychotherapy with adolescents and their families Anabella Brostella Child psychotherapy using technology after COVID Elizabeth Palacios Psychometric testing and psychodynamic formulation in child/adolescent assessment Janine Wanlass Part 6: The child psychotherapist at work in the community Consulting with schools Carl Bagnini Working with family service agencies and child protective services Lea Setton Child abuse and alternate care Janine Wanlass Adoption and left-behind children Janine Wanlass Epilogue References Index

About the Author :
Jill Savege Scharff, MD, is cofounder of the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) and founding chair of the International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training (IIPT) and of the Combined Child Analytic and Child Psychotherapy training program at the International Psychotherapy Institute in Chevy Chase, MD. She is the founding chair of IPI’s Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy training program at Jiandanxinli of Beijing, China. The author and editor of books on couple, child, and family therapy, and psychoanalytic therapy and education online, Jill’s latest edited volume is Psychoanalysis Online Volume 4. Her private practice in adult and child psychoanalysis, couple and family therapy is in Chevy Chase MD, USA. Jill is a recipient of the 2021 Sigourney Award.

Review :
‘Under the editorship of Jill Scharff, a group of excellent IPI psychoanalysts have created a timely, essential, and outstanding textbook of psychotherapy for use by all training bodies for professionals needing to understand children in a more in-depth manner. I was impressed by the comprehensive topics regarding children from infancy through late adolescence. This vast range of topics will enable professionals to comprehend, explore with children, and find ways of sensitively helping them relinquish impediments to their development and establish trustworthy relationships in which they can integrate aspects of their personality and build a competent and confident authentic self. The importance of creating a community of multidisciplinary concern through collaborative work between teachers, parents, and psychotherapists is also highlighted. Experienced clinicians will find that this book deepens their capacity to teach and be present for children, their parents, and trainees learning to work effectively with children and adolescents.’ ‘Jill Scharff has given us a gift, one to those who are learning about child analysis, or yearning for a review, or just interested in the field. She and her international colleagues offer a framework to not only think about child analysis, but to teach it. Thus, it is a gift for us all. They provide a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of child analytic practice grounded in ethics, research, development, psychoanalytic theory, and technique. Included are the importance of considering cultural influences, the environment in which a child lives, in addition to the conscious and unconscious worlds of the therapist and the child. I highly recommend this book for the next generation of child psychotherapists and those who are dedicated to bringing them along – I loved reading it!’ ‘This is no ordinary “Introduction” to the practice of child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It follows an exceedingly well-thought-out plan, while providing a carefully integrated collection of concise and detailed chapters – a compendium – on development, assessment, and psychodynamic ways of understanding symptoms, treatment, work with parents, and carefully selected psychoanalytic theoretical points of view. Jill Scharff and her colleagues also bring in multinational, cultural, and ethical considerations along with rich clinical illustrations and examples of work in the community. It’s a masterfully done text by master teachers and clinicians that is sure to become a welcome resource for learners and teachers alike.’ ‘This extraordinary compendium offers both students and teachers of child psychotherapy a rich and eclectic survey of theory, practice, and technique with different age groups and populations. Read straight through as a textbook, or dipped into for insight about specific problems or situations, it delivers helpful and informed descriptions of all the different ways we can think about helping children and families move forward in their development. A great resource!’