Psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the treatment of traumatic processes in children and adolescents

Authors

  • Maria Teresa Diez Grieser

Abstract

By presenting two clinical examples I show how psychoanalytic psychotherapy with traumatized children and adolescents works. Psychoanalysis offers a complete set of knowledge and techniques being able to understand and explain the psychodynamic background of clinical phenomena. And this also regarding the psychotherapeutic work with traumatized persons. Treating these patients requires a careful consideration of transference and countertransference processes.

Key words:

Psychoanalytical psychotherapy; Children and adolescents; Trauma and childhood; Countertransference; Transitional space; Symbolisation

Author Biography

Maria Teresa Diez Grieser

Maria Teresa Diez Grieser, Dr. phil., Fachpsychologin für Psychotherapie FSP und Psychoanalytikerin für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene. Studium der Psychologie in Zürich mit Promotion in Entwicklungspsychologie. Leitende Psychologin in den Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrischen Diensten St. Gallen während mehreren Jahren. Leiterin der Kinderschutzgruppe der Klinik für Kinder und Jugendliche am Stadtspital Triemli in Zürich. Seit 2001 ausschließlich in freier Praxis in Zürich tätig. Lehraufträge, Vorträge und Publikationen zu verschiedenen klinischen Themen (u.a. Entwicklungspsychopathologie, Adoleszenz, Trauma, Migration) aus psychoanalytischer Sicht.

Korrespondenz: Dr. phil. Maria Teresa Diez Grieser, Gartenhofstrasse 1, 8004 Zürich, Schweiz

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Published

2004-10-01

How to Cite

Diez Grieser, M. T. (2004). Psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the treatment of traumatic processes in children and adolescents. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (4), 207–214. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/382

Issue

No. 4 (2004): Psychotherapie Forum 12/4 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Special Issue

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