Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the social context Judith Trowell and Marion Bower; Key psychoanalytic concepts Judith Trowell; Early applications: children and institutions Marion Bower; individuals and families Marion Bower; The contribution of observation training to professional development Judith Trowell and Gillian Miles; Consulting to premature baby units Rosalie Kerbekian; Consultation in General Practice Dilys Daws; Psychodynamic family therapy with parents and under-5s Marion Bower
Summary
Describes the ways psychoanalytic ideas can be adapted and used in a wide variety of community settings to help children who are emotionally disturbed or who have been physically or sexually abused
