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An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Editor : Jill Savege Scharff

Reviews and Endorsements

‘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.’
Dr Jeanne Magagna, Tavistock-trained Child, Adult, and Family Psychotherapist

‘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!’
Jill M. Miller, PhD, Faculty and Training Analyst, Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis; Child and Adolescent Supervisor, various US Institutes; Co-editor-in-Chief, The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child

‘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.’
Denia G. Barrett, MSW, Co-editor, The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child; Co-editor, Parentwork Casebook; past President, Association for Child Psychoanalysis

‘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!’
Kerry Kelly Novick, Life-cycle Psychoanalyst; co-author, Working With Parents Makes Therapy Work, Freedom To Choose, and Good Goodbyes