Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children

Maria Leticia Castrechini Fernandes Franieck, PhD, is a registered Chartered Counselling Psychologist in the UK, an i.t. Group Analyst with the Seminar für Gruppenanalyse Zürich, and a licensed Psychotherapist and Supervisor in Germany. Working with highly vulnerable populations is central to her clinical practice, and her studies were funded by the International Psychoanalytical Association. Niko Bittner is a qualified pedagogue and Gestalt therapist, as well as a systemic trainer and coach. He works in youth social work and is a seminar leader at the Odenwald Institute, Germany, where he trains conflict coaches, among other things.

Series Editor’s Foreword

Foreword "Together We Are Strong!" T-WAS

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Appendix to the introduction

PART ONE

Conceptual source of inspiration

Chapter 1. The interplay between antisocial tendencies and aggression

Chapter 2. The intersection of Gestalt therapy and ontological psychoanalysis

Chapter 3. Running children’s groups in partnership: what does this mean?

PART TWO

Together We Are Strong (T-WAS)

Chapter 4. The challenges behind the scenes

Chapter 5. Eclectic group conductors

Chapter 6. Setting

Chapter 7. Creative play

Chapter 8. Three different children’s groups

Chapter 9. Direct challenges to the eclectic group conductors posed by the children

Chapter 10. Reflections on T-WAS (Together We Are Strong)