Work with Parents

Summary — English:
This volume examines the role of psychoanalytically informed work with parents throughout the assessment and psychotherapy of children and adolescents.
It emphasizes that parents are not simply an external context for the child’s treatment; their anxieties, fantasies, and representations of the child can directly influence the therapeutic process.
The contributors discuss different models, including parental consultations, parental therapy, work with parents of psychotic or autistic children, and work following sexual abuse.
A central idea is that helping parents develop a more psychologically meaningful representation of their child can create a more supportive environment for the child’s development.
The book also addresses the technical challenge of maintaining the child’s therapeutic space while establishing a productive and containing relationship with the parents