Psychotherapy and Mental Handicap

Foreword/Introduction/The Birth of a Child with a Mental Handicap/Coping with Loss/Psychotherapy with the Siblings of Mentally Handicapped Children/Secondary Mental Handicap as a Defence/Coming to Terms with Learning Difficulties/The Effects of Groupwork and Group Processes on Stigmatised Identity/Psychotherapy with People with Learning Difficulties/Transactional Analysis as a Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour and a Psychotherapeutic Model/The Deviancy Career and People with a Mental Handicap/Countertransference with Mentally Handicapped Clients/Group Analytic Therapy for People with a Mental Handicap/Grief Loss and People with Learning Disabilities/Sharing Memories/The Role of Reminiscence in Managing Transition/Working with Staff around Sexuality and Power/Demystifying Traditional Approaches to Counselling and Psychotherapy