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From Chaos to Coherence is the true story, told in everyday
language, of the adopted boy Douglas and his journey towards
adulthood with the help of psychotherapy. Douglas has severe
psychic, physical and social handicaps and is also diagnosed with
ADHD. He is impulse-governed, aggressive, provocative and unable to
interact with other ch
This is a story from inside the child psychologist's room. Victor,
who is two and a half years old, has lost his mother and younger
brother in a car accident. He is 'sunny and happy' and does not
cry. He is a child in deep crisis and comes for a crisis therapy.
In this book we will follow Victor for his fifteen treatment
sessions. He shows through
In Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy with Children in Crisis,
Elisabeth Cleve presents the therapeutic stories of four children
who have experienced trauma or are displaying dramatic clinical
symptoms such as low self-esteem and anxiety. Exploring the
situation between the individual child and the therapist, the
therapeutic space and their experiences, each chapter follows the
sessions and the progress made, concluding with a follow-up after
the end of therapy. Cleve explores each case as it progresses,
emphasising the inner strength of the children and including the
interactions between the therapist and the children's parents. The
focus of the psychotherapeutic encounter is in each case to help
the child face the trauma, mourn what had been suffered and then
move on in life with renewed strength. The final chapters explore
the ethics of sharing case material and present Cleve's reflections
on working with traumatised children, and the book also includes
forewords by Lars H. Gustafsson, paediatrician and associate
professor of social medicine, and Bjoern Salomonsson, child
psychoanalyst and researcher at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
This warm and readable work will be insightful reading for child
psychologists and psychotherapists and other clinicians working
with children who have experienced trauma. It will also be of
interest to readers wishing to learn more about the processes of
psychotherapy with children.
This is a story from inside the child psychologist's room. Victor,
who is two and a half years old, has lost his mother and younger
brother in a car accident. He is 'sunny and happy' and does not
cry. He is a child in deep crisis and comes for a crisis therapy.
In this book we will follow Victor for his fifteen treatment
sessions. He shows through play and activities how he is followed
and piloted through his grief by his therapist. The healing by play
therapy is depicted in words and pictures out of the perspective of
both patient and therapist. The crisis therapy will work as the
first link into a new future. In spite of the tragic reasons for
the meetings, A Big and a Little One is Gone is a documentary story
which brings both hope and courage.
..".I am flooded with warmth for this little expert on the art of
living, who has just realised that even he has the possibility to
live a long life. My interpretation is that he trusts he will get
the time he needs in therapy to reach, first adulthood, and, then,
old age. Right now he believes he will continue to be in therapy
for the rest of his life. He cannot imagine that it is going to
come to an end. However, I have started to think about when we will
have to part and I am not looking forward to it...""From Chaos to
Coherence" is the true story, told in everyday language, of the
adopted boy Douglas and his journey towards adulthood with the help
of psychotherapy. Douglas has severe psychic, physical and social
handicaps and is also diagnosed with ADHD. He is impulse-governed,
aggressive, provocative and unable to interact with other children.
He begins psychotherapy at the age of seven and continues weekly
sessions for the next seven years.The reader is invited into the
child psychotherapy room to follow the work of Douglas and his
therapist, author Elisabeth Cleve. The therapy can be described as
physically intense work that evokes strong emotions in both Douglas
and the therapist. We get to learn about their inner feelings,
thoughts and actions during the different phases of the
treatment.The story of Douglas captivates the reader and provides
an understanding of what is going on inside a troubled little boy.
This beautifully written account of successful psychotherapy is
painfully honest at times and manages to bring the therapy sessions
to life for the reader. "From Chaos to Coherence" is an important
book and vital reading not only for all involved in children s
psychotherapy, but for all of us in search of a humane, informative
and touching book."
In Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy with Children in Crisis,
Elisabeth Cleve presents the therapeutic stories of four children
who have experienced trauma or are displaying dramatic clinical
symptoms such as low self-esteem and anxiety. Exploring the
situation between the individual child and the therapist, the
therapeutic space and their experiences, each chapter follows the
sessions and the progress made, concluding with a follow-up after
the end of therapy. Cleve explores each case as it progresses,
emphasising the inner strength of the children and including the
interactions between the therapist and the children's parents. The
focus of the psychotherapeutic encounter is in each case to help
the child face the trauma, mourn what had been suffered and then
move on in life with renewed strength. The final chapters explore
the ethics of sharing case material and present Cleve's reflections
on working with traumatised children, and the book also includes
forewords by Lars H. Gustafsson, paediatrician and associate
professor of social medicine, and Bjoern Salomonsson, child
psychoanalyst and researcher at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
This warm and readable work will be insightful reading for child
psychologists and psychotherapists and other clinicians working
with children who have experienced trauma. It will also be of
interest to readers wishing to learn more about the processes of
psychotherapy with children.
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