Child Psychotherapist and Problems of Young People

Many parents at some time dread that a child of theirs may be mentally ill or disturbed. It was to explain themselves to parents and others who work with other young people that sixteen psychotherapists and analysts decided to collaborate in the preparation of this book.

Mary Boston

Preface and Acknowledgments , Revised Foreword , Introduction , The Contribution of the Child Psychotherapist , Working with Small Groups of Children in Primary Schools , The Child Guidance Clinic , Child Psychotherapy in a Day Unit , The Child Psychotherapist in a Day Centre for Young Children and Parents , Working in a Hospital , Counselling Young People , A Study of an Elective Mute , Beginnings in Communication , Play and Communication , Psychotherapy with Psychotic Children , Freud and Child Psychotherapy , Some Comments on Clinical Casework , The Tavistock Training and Philosophy , Doubly Deprived