Therapy with Children An Existential Perspective 1st Edition by Chris Scalzo 9780429922923 0429922922

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• ISBN 10: 0429922922
• ISBN 13: 9780429922923
• Author: Chris Scalzo

This book explores the existential themes and challenges present in all therapeutic relationships when working with children. Existential ideas and concepts are a rapidly growing influence on the practice of psychotherapy and yet their application to work with children remains largely unexplored. This book begins to redress this imbalance in a practical and engaging way by presenting an existential perspective on some key themes in practicing psychotherapy with children, including: play, anxiety, guilt, choice, family relationships, language and process. Each chapter is punctuated with engaging vignettes of case material, blending theoretical insight with the realities of practice. Through these narratives readers are challenged to question their own assumptions and beliefs whether they are new to existential psychotherapy or already immersed in its rich philosophical traditions. Children are born into the world without choice and are drawn towards making connections with others, developing self-awareness and personal identity.

Table contents:

CHAPTER ONE Questioning and assumptions
CHAPTER TWO A theory of existential practice with children
CHAPTER THREE The process of child therapy
CHAPTER FOUR Play
CHAPTER FIVE Family and method
CHAPTER SIX Family and context
CHAPTER SEVEN Existential psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
CHAPTER EIGHT Existential phenomenology
CHAPTER NINE Knowing and not knowing: existential perspectives on truth
CHAPTER TEN Language
CHAPTER ELEVEN Authenticity and anxiety

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