Jenny Davids trained as a clinical psychologist in Cape Town, where she worked as a research fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town. She then trained in child and adolescent psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at the Anna Freud Centre. She was a member of staff there for twenty years, enjoying clinical work and teaching. She also worked as a child and adolescent psychotherapist in the National Health Service, at the Middlesex Hospital and in community paediatrics. Currently, she is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and is in private practice in London, working with children, adolescents, and adults.
This book aims to facilitate the understandings of nursery age children, that is, children around three, four and five years, and their parents. Children of these ages are particularly fascinating.... (more)