Use of Psychoanalytic Concepts in Therapy with Families

Hilary A. Davies was born in West Wales. She has studied at the Universities of Southampton, Kent at Canterbury and London, Birkbeck College, and also at the Tavistock Clinic and Institute of Family Therapy, London. A qualified family therapist, she is currently working in the Department of Child & Adolescent Mental Health at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. She has taught and supervised students and trainees.

• CHAPTER ONE Psychoanalysis CHAPTER TWO Therapy with families and family therapy CHAPTER THREE Psychoanalytic theory, concepts, and practice with families CHAPTER FOUR Young children with feeding difficulties CHAPTER FIVE Children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa, CHAPTER SIX Children who have experienced emotional harm CHAPTER SEVEN Young children whose behaviour can be violent CHAPTER EIGHT Adolescents whose bodies bear the emotional hurt CHAPTER NINE Children whose parents are "at war" CHAPTER TEN Perspectives and practice.