Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of the Severely Disturbed Adolescent

219 Pages·1999·5.54 MB·English

by  Dimitris Anastasopoulos

EFPP
CLINICAL MONOGRAPH SERIES

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
of the
Severely Disturbed Adolescent
Edited by
Dimitris Anastasopoulos

Effie Laylou-Lignos

Margot Waddell

Introduction by
Robin Anderson
Karnac Books
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

of the Severely Disturbed Adolescent
The EFPP Clinical Monograph Series
Editor-in-Chief: John Tsiantis
Associate Editors: Brian Martindale (Adult Section)
Didier Houzel (Child & Adolescent Section)
Alessandro Bruni (Group Section)
OTHER MONOGRAPHS IN THE SERIES
• Countertransference in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
with Children and Adolescents
• Supervision and Its Vicissitudes
• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Institutional Settings
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
of the Severely Disturbed Adolescent
edited by
Dimitris Anastasopoulos
SENIOR EDITOR
Effie Laylou-Lignos

Margot Waddell

Foreword by
Dimitris Anastasopoulos
published by
KARNAC BOOKS

for
P The European Federation
for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
in the Public Health Services
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I feel that it is a privilege to be the Senior Editor of a volume
concerning the emotional disturbances of adolescents. The whole
process towards the making of this book together with all those
who have contributed in it was an ermching learning experience
for me.
First of all, I would like to express my thanks to the con­
tributors of this volume, who have kindly offered to share their
experienced and creative work with us.
I also wish to express my gratitude to the Editor-in-Chief
of the EFPP Monograph Series, John Tsiantis, for his endless en­
couragement and help during the editorial work. I would also like
to thank deeply my co-editors Margot Waddell and Effie Laylou-
Lignos for the active and immensely helpful support they gave
me, all the way through the completion of this book.
Finally, I would like to express my special thanks to Philippa
Martindale, who has patiently and efficiently edited the Mono­
graph's material, to Penny Nikolaidou for her secretarial
assistance, and, of course, to Cesare Sacerdoti, the publisher of the
series.
Dimitris Anastasopoulos
Athens, August 1999
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

DIMTTRIS ANASTASOPOULOS (Greece), MD, is an Adult and Child
Psychiatrist working in Athens. He was trained in adolescent
psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic, London,
and he 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 (H.A.C.A.P.P.).
ROBIN ANDERSON (United Kingdom) is a Child and Adolescent
Psychiatrist and is the Chairman of the Adolescent Department at
the Tavistock Clinic. He is a Training Analyst in Child and Adult
Analysis at the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, London.
Hfru&NE DUBINSKY (United Kingdom) is a Consultant Child and
Adolescent Psychotherapist in the Adolescent Department of the
Tavistock Clinic in London. She is also an Adult Psychotherapist.
Her particular interest lies in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with
borderline adolescents and in brief interventions with young
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people. She has contributed to a number of books in different
areas of therapeutic work with children and adolescents.
ALAIN GIBEAULT (France), PhD, is a Training Analyst of the Paris
Psychoanalytic Society, President of the European Psychoanalytic
Federation, and Director of the E. & J. Kestemberg Center (Mental
Health Association of the 13th Arrondissement of Paris). He is the
author of many papers on symbolization, regression, hypochon­
dria, psychodrama, and graphic representations in prehistory.
PHILIPPE JEAMMET (France) is Professor of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry at the University of Paris, VI. He is Head of the
Department of Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry at
the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris. He is Psychoanalyst
and Member of the Societe Psychanalytique de Paris and the
Honorary President of the International Society for Adolescent
Psychiatry.
GIANLUIGI MONNIELLO (Italy), MD, is a Child Psychiatrist and
Psychotherapist and is Head of the Day Hospital for adolescent
patients in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Institute,
University of Rome. He is the regional Vice-President, Italy, of the
International Society for Adolescent Psychiatry. He is the Secre­
tary for the Rome Association for Adolescent Psychotherapy.
ARNALDO NOVELLETTO (Italy), MD, is Associate Professor of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Rome. He is a Full
Member, Training and Supervising Analyst for the Italian Psycho­
analytical Society. He was formerly the regional Vice-President of
the International Society for Adolescent Psychiatry and President
of the Rome Association for Adolescent Psychotherapy. He is the
author of Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychiatry and the editor of
Adolescence and Perversion; Adolescence, Love, Coupling; Adolescence
and Trauma; Separation and Loneliness in Adolescence—all published
by Borla, Rome.
JULIA PESTALOZZI (Switzerland), M.B.B.S.(London), MD , trained as
a clinical psychologist in Hungary and as a medical doctor in
England. She specialized in psychiatry and psychotherapy for
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children and adolescents in Switzerland. She works in Basel
as a Psychoanalyst, Psychotherapist, and Supervisor in private
practice. Her main interest lies in the field of psychoanalytic
psychotherapy of schizophrenias, particularly of adolescents. She
is the Swiss delegate of the EFPP (Adult Section).
MARGOT WADDELL (United Kingdom) took a Doctorate in English
Literature at Cambridge University before training as a Child
Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. She is also an
Associate Member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and
Consultant Child Psychotherapist in the Adolescent Department
at the Tavistock Clinic. Her latest book, Inside Lives: Psychoanalysis
and the Growth of the Personality, has just been published by
Duckworth.