Psychotherapy with Children

<p>This is Volume I of nineteen in a collection of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Originally published in 1942, the theme of this book is that children with personality and behavior difficulties can be helped to help themselves. </p> Chapter 1 The Normal Psychological Growth Process; Chapter 2 The Function of the Family in the Child’s Growth; Chapter 3 1Throughout this discussion the word therapy will always refer to psychotherapy. The word therapy is used in medical literature in compound form to cover many varieties of treatment but in most instances the emphasis is on what is done to a patient—such as chemiotherapy, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, etc. The change that is effected through these medical procedures is usually ascribed to the action induced by the external agent; Chapter 4 The Beginning Phase of Therapy; Chapter 5 The Child’s Part Icipation; Chapter 6 A Fearful Child in Therapy a Case History; Chapter 7 Problems Arising in Working with Aggressive Behavior; Chapter 8 Factors that Interfere with Therapy; Chapter 9 The Ending Phase of Therapy; Chapter 10 Broader Implications of a Therapeutic Philosophy;