Countertransference in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

Dimitris Anastasopoulos M.D. is an Adult and Child Psychiatrist working in Athens. He trained in adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic, London, and is a training psychotherapist for adult and adolescent psychotherapists in Greece. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Association of Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (HACAPP). He is vice-chairman of the EFPP. Anne-Marie Sandler was born in Geneva where she studied psychology and worked with Jean Piaget. She came to England in 1950 and trained in child analysis with Anna Freud. She went on to train further at the Institute of Psychoanalysis where she became a Training and Supervising analyst for both children and adults, and a Distinguished Fellow. She is a former director of the Anna Freud Centre, former President of the Institute of Psychoanalysis and of the European Federation of Psychoanalysis and former Vice-President of the International Psychoanalytical Association. John Tsiantis is Professor of Child Psychotherapy, President of European Union of Medical Specialists Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, previously Chief Editor of the EFPP Monographs book series, and President of the Hellenic Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Foreword to the Series , Introduction , Countertransference issues in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children and adolescents: a brief review , Thoughts on countertransference and observation , Reflections on transference, countertransference, session frequency, and the psychoanalytic process , Some problems in transference and countertransference in child and adolescent analysis , The transference mirage and the pitfalls of countertransference (with special emphasis on adolescence) , The influence of the presence of parents on the countertransference of the child psychotherapist , Different uses of the countertransference with neurotic, borderline, and psychotic patients , Bisexual aspects of the countertransference in the therapy of psychotic children , Transference and countertransference issues in the in-patient psychotherapy of traumatized children and adolescents