Where we live: some dilemmas and technical issues for the child psychotherapist in interpretative work with looked-after and adopted children

This paper addresses, from a Kleinian perspective, some of the dilemmas and technical issues faced by the child psychotherapist in work with looked-after and adopted children. A selective review of psychoanalytic literature focusing on the use of transference and countertransference is given. Clinic...

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Published in:Journal of child psychotherapy 2005-04, Vol.31 (1), p.24-39
Main Author: Kenrick, Jenny
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adopted children
Adoption
Biological and medical sciences
Child Health
Child psychotherapy
Children
Counseling Techniques
Counselor Client Relationship
Countertransference
Emotional Response
Foreign Countries
Foster Care
In care
Individual psychotherapy
Interpretation
Looked-after and adopted children
Medical sciences
Parent Child Relationship
past in the present
process interpretation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Transference
Treatments
United Kingdom
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Summary:This paper addresses, from a Kleinian perspective, some of the dilemmas and technical issues faced by the child psychotherapist in work with looked-after and adopted children. A selective review of psychoanalytic literature focusing on the use of transference and countertransference is given. Clinical material provides some examples of different kinds of interpretation, and of the importance of timing and emotional resonance in the interpretations.
ISSN:0075-417X
1469-9370
DOI:10.1080/00754170500079602