Overview

This important and wide-ranging book explores the world of a child or young person who has been abused or neglected. It seeks to understand their world, to ease the pain from which they suffer, and to heal the wounds that the abuse has left. Examining how abuse always takes place in the context of relationships, and involves a misuse of power that causes a traumatic overwhelming of the child or adolescent, abuse also evokes strong countertransference. This affects interventions, particularly when clinicians struggle with feelings of which they may feel ashamed. A difficulty in coming to terms with and addressing child abuse relates to unconscious factors which, by freezing the emotional area surrounding the abuse (or by blinding the area of personality), makes some thoughts unthinkable. Considering traditional and novel ways of helping children who feel they have been maltreated, the book offers suggestions for individual treatment as well as describing the successful work carried out with child refugees. It also offers a glimpse into what child psychoanalysts interpret and do with children who feel a parent hates them.

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Author:   Frances Thomson-Salo ,  Laura Tognoli Pasquali
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138323995

ISBN 10:   1138323993
Pages:   140
Publication Date:   10 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

About the editors and contributors Acknowledgements Series editor foreword Introduction FRANCES THOMSON-SALO PART I Mainly clinical 1 A comprehensive approach to child abuse JORDI SALA 2 Discussion of Jordi Sala’s paper IRMA BRENMAN PICK 3 Child abuse as confusion of tongues LUIS JORGE MARTIN CABRÉ 4 Todd: The analysis of a latency-aged boy who self-harmed MALI A. MANN 5 The abused child – a sad, never-ending story: Some observations on abused children in the current refugee crisis MARIANNE LEUZINGER-BOHLEBER 6 The making of an abuser JOHN WOODS 7 The lost child LAURA TOGNOLI PASQUALI 8 When something that should happen does not: The unwelcome child and his psychic vicissitudes MASSIMO VIGNA TAGLIANTI 9 May your steel be as sharp as your final no! GEMMA ZONTINI PART II Protecting the care systems to prevent burnout 10 All in the same boat: The activity of the Abuse and Ill-Treatment Group MARIA PIA CONTE AND STEFANO BOMARSI 11 Abused children: reflections on the model RENATA RIZZITELLI AND CAROLA DEL FAVERO 12 ‘I am naked, not just barehanded!’ MARIA NACCARI CARLIZZI 13 Abused children, caregivers, psychoanalysts: voices from the groups: Reflections on the model and its use ANNA MARIA RISSO 14 What happens to pain: The evolution of the request ELISA ALICE PELLERANO AND IVANA POZZOLI 15 The group is frightened and frightening CHIARA NAPOLI AND ANNA MARIA RISSO PART III Legal aspects: Task and role of the judiciary in child abuse 16 Protecting the child and assessing the evidence: Task and role of the judiciary in child abuse CRISTINA MAGGIA Index

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Frances Thomson-Salo is Associate Professor and Consultant Infant Mental Health Clinician in the Centre for Women's Mental Health at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Honorary Principal Fellow in the University of Melbourne's Department of Psychiatry, and Instructor in the University of Melbourne Graduate Diploma/Masters in Infant and Parent Mental Health, Australia. Laura Tognoli Pasquali is member of the International Psychoanalytical Association’s Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis and training and supervising analyst in the Italian Psychoanalytical Society.

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