Psychodynamic counselling with children and young people : an introduction /

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Author / Creator:Kegerreis, Sue.
Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:x, 198 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Basic texts in counselling and psychotherapy
Basic texts in counselling and psychotherapy.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7988656
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ISBN:9780230551961 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0230551963 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Introducing key psychodynamic theories, concepts and techniques, this text examines the challenges and opportunities of counselling adolescents and children. The book explores the varied settings in which such work occurs, from schools to community projects and mental health services."--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I. Key Theories and Techniques
  • 1. Introduction
  • The need for childhood counselling
  • Structure of the book - finding your way around
  • 2. Key theoretical ideas in psychodynamic thinking
  • The unconscious
  • The inner world
  • Containment
  • Transference
  • Countertransference
  • 3. Key elements of psychodynamic technique 1
  • Introduction
  • Techniques used in the psychodynamic approach
  • Practical equipment
  • The psychodynamic toolbox
  • 4. Key elements of psychodynamic technique 2
  • Family trees
  • Working with and working in transference and countertransference
  • Working in the metaphor
  • Interpretations and reality
  • 5. The developmental perspective
  • Early years
  • Puberty and adolescence
  • Mid-adolescence
  • Later adolescence
  • 6. Learning - the hardest task of all
  • 7. Using play and art
  • Reading play
  • Working with art materials
  • 8. Behaviour
  • Part II. The Dynamics of the Counselling Relationship in Context
  • 9. Understanding and working with groups
  • Projection and roles in groups
  • Gang dynamics
  • 10. Consent and clienthood
  • Who is the client?
  • Turning referrals into clients
  • 11. Working with difference
  • Culturally sensitive practice
  • Racism
  • Differences in sexual orientation
  • Differences in physical and intellectual ability
  • 12. Working in different settings
  • Schools
  • 13. Family consultation centres, community adolescent services and beyond
  • Child and adolescent mental health services/family consultation centres
  • Community-based services
  • Medical settings
  • Other possible settings
  • 14. Short-term and time-limited work
  • Agencies and time
  • Time-limited work
  • Open-ended short-term work
  • 15. Assessment
  • What is the problem?
  • Whose problem is it?
  • Is counselling the right resource?
  • Is this case suitable for this counsellor?
  • Is the child available enough for the work?
  • Anxieties and defences
  • Who am I to this child?
  • The child's inner emotional world
  • Why now?
  • The use of assessment
  • 16. Endings and outcomes
  • References
  • Index