Short-term psychodynamic therapy with children in crisis /
Cleve, Elisabeth, 1946-
Short-term psychodynamic therapy with children in crisis / Elisabeth Cleve. - xvi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Foreword / by Lars H. Gustafsson -- Foreword / by Björn Salomonsson -- Introduction: The child psychologist meets the children -- Grown-ups mustn't do stuff like that to little kids ... right? -- How long will she be dead? -- Children who feel second-rate make others feel the same way -- A mother's trauma becomes her son's trauma -- Sharing narratives about child patients: is that acceptable? -- The child psychologist's reflections after concluded work -- Appendixes: I. Written agreement between parents and psychologist -- II. Written agreement between child and psychologist. 1. Grown-ups mustn't do stuff like that to little kids ... right? -- Malte, five years old, comes to crisis therapy after a sexual assault -- Police unable to establish that a crime has been committed -- Meeting with Malte and his parents -- Symptoms after the trauma -- Crisis therapy with twelve sessions -- Mum cries and dad is furious -- Book about What Happened -- He bothered my weenie. It hurt -- He didn't say sorry -- Grown-ups must never, ever do that, absolutely not! -- Pippi Longstocking is an empowering role model -- An old computer gave us good help -- "Give me five" -- Six months later -- Sexually violated children -- 2. How long will she be dead? -- Ronia, seven years old, comes to crisis therapy several years after her mother's death -- Everyone else has a mother -- Everyone will find out -- The life lie -- Not easy being a little sister -- Why crisis therapy for Ronia several years after her mother's death? Okay, but no busybody talk -- Hard work and joyful play -- Mum got ill because I was in her stomach -- Hard work building up a new family -- Should be forbidden for mums to die -- My children, your children and our child -- Dad's girlfriend has changed for the better -- Why didn't anyone tell me she'd be dead so long? -- Six months later -- When a parent dies -- 3. Children who feel second-rate make others feel the same way -- A psychologist receives supervision for her therapy with ten-year-old Olga -- Adopted girl with heavy baggage -- The psychologist loses her footing -- Focus in supervision -- Focus in therapy -- Projective identification: how does it feel? -- Easy to show what she cannot do -- hard to show what she can do -- Nettle whip -- Aptitude test -- Russia: object of fantasies -- Auf Wiedersehen, arrivederci, see you later -- Six months later -- Supervision: why? -- 4.A mother's trauma becomes her son's trauma. All, seven years old, undergoes a psychological assessment -- Mother and son have an interwoven life history -- Ali presents his backside -- Games reflect inner chaos -- Such stunts will not work -- Both nasty and nice ones may come to therapy -- Family history -- Assessment on his own terms -- Session 4 -- Ali, Dad and Granddad -- Ali's psychic health -- Twelve years later -- Traumatic experiences of parents -- 5. Sharing narratives about child patients: is that acceptable? -- Ethical considerations and practical advice -- 6. The child psychologist's reflections after concluded work.
In Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy with Children in Crisis, Elisabeth Cleve presents the therapeutic stories of four children who have experienced trauma or are displaying dramatic clinical symptoms such as low self-esteem and anxiety. Exploring the situation between the individual child and the therapist, the therapeutic space and their experiences, each chapter follows the sessions and the progress made, concluding with a follow-up after the end of therapy. Cleve explores each case as it progresses, emphasizing the inner strength of the children and including the interactions between the therapist and the children's parents. The focus of the psychotherapeutic encounter is in each case to help the child face the trauma, mourn what had been suffered and then move on in life with renewed strength. The final chapters explore the ethics of sharing case material and present Cleve's reflections on working with traumatised children, and the book also includes forewords by Lars H. Gustafsson, paediatrician and associate professor of social medicine, and Bjrn Salomonsson, child psychoanalyst and researcher at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. This warm and readable work will be insightful reading for child psychologists and psychotherapists and other clinicians working with children who have experienced trauma. It will also be of interest to readers wishing to learn more about the processes of psychotherapy with children.
Translated from the Swedish. Text in English.
9781138951402 (hbk) 9781138951419 (pbk)
2015037532
Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children.
Brief psychotherapy.
RJ505.P92 / C5413 2016
618.928914/C59
Short-term psychodynamic therapy with children in crisis / Elisabeth Cleve. - xvi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Foreword / by Lars H. Gustafsson -- Foreword / by Björn Salomonsson -- Introduction: The child psychologist meets the children -- Grown-ups mustn't do stuff like that to little kids ... right? -- How long will she be dead? -- Children who feel second-rate make others feel the same way -- A mother's trauma becomes her son's trauma -- Sharing narratives about child patients: is that acceptable? -- The child psychologist's reflections after concluded work -- Appendixes: I. Written agreement between parents and psychologist -- II. Written agreement between child and psychologist. 1. Grown-ups mustn't do stuff like that to little kids ... right? -- Malte, five years old, comes to crisis therapy after a sexual assault -- Police unable to establish that a crime has been committed -- Meeting with Malte and his parents -- Symptoms after the trauma -- Crisis therapy with twelve sessions -- Mum cries and dad is furious -- Book about What Happened -- He bothered my weenie. It hurt -- He didn't say sorry -- Grown-ups must never, ever do that, absolutely not! -- Pippi Longstocking is an empowering role model -- An old computer gave us good help -- "Give me five" -- Six months later -- Sexually violated children -- 2. How long will she be dead? -- Ronia, seven years old, comes to crisis therapy several years after her mother's death -- Everyone else has a mother -- Everyone will find out -- The life lie -- Not easy being a little sister -- Why crisis therapy for Ronia several years after her mother's death? Okay, but no busybody talk -- Hard work and joyful play -- Mum got ill because I was in her stomach -- Hard work building up a new family -- Should be forbidden for mums to die -- My children, your children and our child -- Dad's girlfriend has changed for the better -- Why didn't anyone tell me she'd be dead so long? -- Six months later -- When a parent dies -- 3. Children who feel second-rate make others feel the same way -- A psychologist receives supervision for her therapy with ten-year-old Olga -- Adopted girl with heavy baggage -- The psychologist loses her footing -- Focus in supervision -- Focus in therapy -- Projective identification: how does it feel? -- Easy to show what she cannot do -- hard to show what she can do -- Nettle whip -- Aptitude test -- Russia: object of fantasies -- Auf Wiedersehen, arrivederci, see you later -- Six months later -- Supervision: why? -- 4.A mother's trauma becomes her son's trauma. All, seven years old, undergoes a psychological assessment -- Mother and son have an interwoven life history -- Ali presents his backside -- Games reflect inner chaos -- Such stunts will not work -- Both nasty and nice ones may come to therapy -- Family history -- Assessment on his own terms -- Session 4 -- Ali, Dad and Granddad -- Ali's psychic health -- Twelve years later -- Traumatic experiences of parents -- 5. Sharing narratives about child patients: is that acceptable? -- Ethical considerations and practical advice -- 6. The child psychologist's reflections after concluded work.
In Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy with Children in Crisis, Elisabeth Cleve presents the therapeutic stories of four children who have experienced trauma or are displaying dramatic clinical symptoms such as low self-esteem and anxiety. Exploring the situation between the individual child and the therapist, the therapeutic space and their experiences, each chapter follows the sessions and the progress made, concluding with a follow-up after the end of therapy. Cleve explores each case as it progresses, emphasizing the inner strength of the children and including the interactions between the therapist and the children's parents. The focus of the psychotherapeutic encounter is in each case to help the child face the trauma, mourn what had been suffered and then move on in life with renewed strength. The final chapters explore the ethics of sharing case material and present Cleve's reflections on working with traumatised children, and the book also includes forewords by Lars H. Gustafsson, paediatrician and associate professor of social medicine, and Bjrn Salomonsson, child psychoanalyst and researcher at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. This warm and readable work will be insightful reading for child psychologists and psychotherapists and other clinicians working with children who have experienced trauma. It will also be of interest to readers wishing to learn more about the processes of psychotherapy with children.
Translated from the Swedish. Text in English.
9781138951402 (hbk) 9781138951419 (pbk)
2015037532
Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children.
Brief psychotherapy.
RJ505.P92 / C5413 2016
618.928914/C59
