The Emotional Needs of Young Children and Their Families : Using Psychoanalytic Ideas in the Community

This book provides ways in which psychoanalytic ideas can be adapted and used in a wide variety of settings--including social services, schools and hospitals--to help children and families who are emotionally disturbed or who have been physically or sexually abused. It is a book for professionals who are interested in using psychoanalytic ideas in their own work settings and assumes no previous knowledge of these ideas on the part of the reader. It provides basic principles, many practical examples, with further reading and information about where to find support and consultation. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of illustrations......Page 9 Notes on contributors......Page 10 Preface......Page 13 Acknowledgements......Page 15 Introduction: the social context Judith Trowell and Marion Bower......Page 18 Key psychoanalytic concepts Judith Trowell......Page 29 Early applications: children and institutions Marion Bower......Page 39 individuals and families Marion Bower......Page 50 The contribution of observation training to professional development Judith Trowell and Gillian Miles......Page 55 Consulting to premature baby units Rosalie Kerbekian......Page 71 Consultation in General Practice Dilys Daws......Page 80 Psychodynamic family therapy with parents and under-5s Marion Bower......Page 91 A psychoanalytic approach to the work of the guardian ad litem Anna Kerr......Page 102 Getting better makes it worse: obstacles to improvement in children with emotional and behavioural difficulties Sue Kegerreis......Page 118 groups Judith Trowell......Page 126 White City Toy Library: a therapeutic group for mothers and under-5s Marion Bower......Page 129 The Monroe Young Family Centre Judith Trowell......Page 142 Bringing about change in parent child relationships Maggie Mills and Christine Puckering......Page 153 Educational intervention for young children who have experienced fragmented care Eva Holmes......Page 165 A community group for abused children Michael Morice......Page 174 A community group for depressed mothers and its relation to health visitors Zelinda Adam......Page 184 Moving on: group work with children from a multicultural primary school Bobbie Cooper......Page 192 organisations Judith Trowell......Page 204 The development of the self in children in institutions Isabel Menzies Lyth......Page 206 Issues in residential work Christine Bradley......Page 226 What is good day care? Lynn Barnett......Page 238 social issues Marion Bower......Page 252 Cross-cultural issues and racism in a multi-cultural society Savi Mackenzie Smith......Page 254 Working to support refugee children in schools Maureen Fox......Page 264 Refugee children in exile in Europe Sheila Melzak......Page 273 Children and violence Felicity de Zulueta......Page 281 Endpiece Marion Bower......Page 289 Topic reference list......Page 290 Useful organisations......Page 293 Bibliography......Page 296 Index......Page 307 The aim of this book is to provide illustrations of ways in which psychoanalytic ideas can be adapted and used in a wide variety of community settings - including social services, schools and hospitals - to help children and families who are emotionally disturbed or who have been physically or sexually abused. It is a book for professionals who are interested in using psychoanalytic ideas in their own work settings, and assumes no previous knowledge of these ideas on the part of the reader. It provides basic principles, many practical examples, further reading, and information about where to get support and consultation. At a time when poverty and deprivation exist on a scale undreamed of ten years ago, it may seem ironic or even monstrous to produce a book which concentrates on the emotional needs and inner worlds of a parents and children. Describes the ways psychoanalytic ideas can be adapted and used in a wide variety of community settings to help children who are emotionally disturbed or who have been physically or sexually abused.