Neben dem szenischen Geschehen und dem symbolischen Spiel sind Sprache und Traum die wichtigsten Kommunikationsmittel in den psychodynamischen Psychotherapien mit Kindern und Jugendlichen. Es werden die wesentlichen theoretischen Grundlagen zum Spracherwerb im Kontext der psychischen Entwicklung dargestellt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen das Sprechen sowie die Deutung in Psychotherapien während der verschiedenen Altersstufen. Auch die mehrsprachige Entwicklung in ihrer Bedeutung für die aktuelle Praxis wird berücksichtigt. Das Thema "Traum" wird vor allem im Hinblick auf den behandlungstechnischen Umgang in den psychodynamischen Therapien beleuchtet. Der Initialtraum, der Gegenübertragungstraum sowie niederstrukturierte Träume werden diskutiert, stets vor dem Hintergrund ihrer praktischen Anwendungen.
Symbole können in ihrer bildhaften Bedeutung mehr aussagen als viele Worte. Im therapeutischen Prozess erlauben sie, wenn sich ihre Bedeutung entschlüsselt, ein vertieftes Verständnis der kindlichen Psyche. Das vorliegende Buch möchte über die Interpretation von Symbolen des täglichen Lebens, der Natur, aber auch des kindlichen Spiels, die heilenden Kräfte der Psyche betonen, die sich über ein Verstehen des Symbols aktivieren lassen. Anhand zahlreicher Fallvignetten wird der entwicklungsfördernde Gehalt der Symbole aufgezeigt und ihre archetypische Gültigkeit unterstrichen.
Träume von Kindern finden in der Psychotherapie kaum Beachtung, da kleinere Kinder seltener Träume erzählen und kaum Einfälle äußern. Therapeuten sind unsicher, wie mit den Träumen umzugehen ist, zumal es wenig Literatur gibt. Dabei können Träume sowohl bei der Erstellung einer Diagnose als auch beim Einstieg in eine tiefere Bearbeitung von Konflikten hilfreich sein. In diesem Buch werden die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse über das Träumen von Kindern und Jugendlichen aus kinderpsychoanalytischer Sicht referiert. An vielen Beispielen wird verdeutlicht, wie es möglich ist, mit Träumen zu arbeiten. Themenbereiche wie Träumen und Malen, der Kindertraum als Fokus, der Traum in der Diagnostik, Traumserien, aber auch behandlungstechnische Erfordernisse in der tiefenpsychologisch fundierten und analytischen Psychotherapie mit Kindern und Jugendlichen werden aufgezeigt.
'Depth psychology-based psychotherapy' is a form of treatment based on psychoanalysis and a therapeutic procedure that is often applied in children and young adults. As a systematic textbook on this form of treatment in paediatric and adolescent psychotherapy, the book closes a gap in the book market. It is presented in the form of systematic notes for use both during training in psychoanalytic and depth-psychology teaching institutes and also in everyday clinical practice. In addition to the scientific foundations, special emphasis is given to practical application in therapeutic reality and in practical care, as well as in institutional contexts (e.g., advisory centres). The structure of the presentation is therefore oriented towards the course of treatment, which is illustrated with numerous practical examples.
The Unconscious explores the critical interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalysis and contemporary cognitive neuroscience. Characterised by Freud as ‘the science of the unconscious mind’, psychoanalysis has traditionally been viewed as a solely psychological discipline. However recent developments in neuroscience, such as the use of neuroimaging techniques to investigate the working brain, have stimulated and intensified the dialogue between psychoanalysis and these related mental sciences. This book explores the relevance of these discussions for our understanding of unconscious mental processes. Chapters present clinical case studies of unconscious dynamics, alongside theoretical and scientific papers in key areas of current debate and development. These include discussions of the differences between conceptualisations of ‘the unconscious’ in psychoanalysis and cognitive science, whether the core concepts of psychoanalysis are still plausible in light of recent findings, and how such understandings of the unconscious are still relevant to treating patients in psychotherapy today. These questions are explored by leading interdisciplinary researchers as well as practising psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. This book aims to bridge the gap between psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience, to enable a better understanding of researchers’ and clinicians’ engagements with the key topic of the unconscious. It will be of key interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of psychoanalysis, cognitive science, neuroscience and traumatology. It will also appeal to practising psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and clinicians.
All the World an Icon is the fourth book in an informal "quartet" of works by Tom Cheetham on the spirituality of Henry Corbin, a major twentieth-century scholar of Sufism and colleague of C. G. Jung, whose influence on contemporary religion and the humanities is beginning to become clear. Cheetham's books have helped spark a renewed interest in the work of this important, creative religious thinker. Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was professor of Islamic religion at the Sorbonne in Paris and director of the department of Iranic studies at the Institut Franco-Iranien in Teheran. His wide-ranging work includes the first translations of Heidegger into French, studies in Swedenborg and Boehme, writings on the Grail and angelology, and definitive translations of Persian Islamic and Sufi texts. He introduced such seminal terms as "the imaginal realm" and "theophany" into Western thought, and his use of the Shi'ite idea of ta'wil or "spiritual interpretation" influenced psychologist James Hillman and the literary critic Harold Bloom. His books were read by a broad range of poets including Charles Olson and Robert Duncan, and his impact on American poetry, says Cheetham, has yet to be fully appreciated. His published titles in English include Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn Arabi, Avicenna and the Visionary Recital, and The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism. As the religions of the Book place the divine Word at the center of creation, the importance of hermaneutics, the theory and practice of interpretation, cannot be overstated. In the theology and spirituality of Henry Corbin, the mystical heart of this tradition is to be found in the creative, active imagination; the alchemy of spiritual development is best understood as a story of the soul's search for the Lost Speech. Cheetham eloquently demonstrates Corbin's view that the living interpretation of texts, whether divine or human—or, indeed, of the world itself seen as the Text of Creation—is the primary task of spiritual life. In his first three books on Corbin, Cheetham explores different aspects of Corbin's work, but has saved for this book his final analysis of what Corbin meant by the Arabic term ta'wil—perhaps the most important concept in his entire oeuvre. "Any consideration of how Corbin's ideas were adapted by others has to begin with a clear idea of what Corbin himself intended," writes Cheetham; "his own intellectual and spiritual cosmos is already highly complex and eclectic and a knowledge of his particular philosophical project is crucial for understanding the range and implications of his work." Cheetham lays out the implications of ta'wil as well as the use of language as integral part of any artistic or spiritual practice, with the view that the creative imagination is a fundamentally linguistic phenomenon for the Abrahamic religions, and, as Corbin tells us, prayer is the supreme form of creative imagination.
"Research at the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre has shown that the Watch, Wait, and Wonder (WWW) approach is very effective as a short-term intervention for attachment and behavioral problems in infants and young children. It is also useful as a longer-term intervention and can be used adjunct to other therapies. Most importantly, by involving the parent directly in the child's therapy it benefits the relationship between infant/child and parent. The Manual describes the rational and therapeutic goals of WWW, its history and development, and the developmental considerations in its application."--Child Development Media, Inc. website.
