The Uses of Psychoanalysis in Working with Children's Emotional Lives
Contributions by Devra B. Adelstein, Ann Alaoglu, E. James Anthony, Gail Boldt, Eileen Brennan, Andrew Carroll, Marilyn Charles, Jonathan Cohen, Bertram Cohler, Vincent Del Balzo, Nathaniel Donson, Enid Elliot, Richard C. Fritsch, Paul Gedo, Colette A. Granger, Leon Hoffman, Richard Imirowicz, Karol Kullberg, Hillary Mayers, Lauren Mazow, Almas Merchant, Alex Moore, Judith L. Pitlick, Billie Pivnick, Arie Plat, Rebecca E. Rieger, Aileen Schloerb, Erika Schmidt, Burton Seitler, Silvia Silberman, John Samuel Tieman, Sue Wallace, Nigel Williams Edited by Michael O'Loughlin
Publication date:
14 March 2013Length of book:
388 pagesPublisher
Jason Aronson, Inc.ISBN-13: 9780765709196
This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that embrace context, and that privilege imagination and possibility. For professionals who already practice in ways that are sympathetic to these modes of working, the scholarly underpinning of this work offers a rationale for taking a stand in favor of emotionally focused, child-centered work and in opposition to systems that negate the lives of children. This book is for caring professionals who devote their lives to creating spaces for children to find their own paths and is intended to serve as a source of sustenance and support for such work.
Michael O’Loughlin brings compassion, insight, and understanding to his work with children. He is learned in theory and cares deeply for his subjects in practice. He shines a light on the emotions of childhood—imprinting in our minds what it is to be a child and to suffer while his work simultaneously instills hope that psychoanalytic thinking, combined with empathy, can relieve the suffering of child subjects.