Manual for Short-term Psychoanalytic Child Therapy (PaCT)

Tanja Gottken is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, research associate and head of the local psychotherapy section at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany. Kai von Klitzing is a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany, and a psychoanalyst for adults, adolescents, and children.

Introduction , Theoretical Background , Emotional symptoms and affective disorders in childhood: epidemiology, aetiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and indications , Classical psychoanalytical concepts , More recent psychoanalytical and psychological development concepts , Treatment Manual: The Therapeutic Concept of PaCT , Introductory overview of Part II , When to refer for PaCT , Before therapy begins , The treatment technique , The therapeutic phases of PaCT , Summary: therapeutic process of PaCT , Prerequisites for the therapist , Limitations of a short-term psychotherapeutic approach , Risks and side effects of PaCT , Case Studies 3 , Case study 1: Julian, six years old , Case study 2: Sophie, five years old , Case study 3: Elisabeth, six years old