Assessment of children for brief psychodynamic psychotherapy : training implications

• Main Author: Levy, Lisa-Ann
• Other Authors: Swartz, Sally
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2015
• Subjects: Clinical Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13539

Includes bibliography. === The aim of this study is to develop a framework for the assessment of children for short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, with a particular emphasis on the training of child therapists. For this purpose the literature on brief child psychotherapy is reviewed, and selection criteria mentioned in the literature are collated and summarized. These criteria are then applied to 5 cases seen by trainees or newly qualified clinicians in order to assess their usefulness in a training setting. Potential sources of difficulty for inexperienced clinicians in the assessment for and process of this specialized form of child psychotherapy are considered, and guidelines as to how this approach could be usefully employed in a training institute are suggested. On the basis of the literature and case discussions, a format for the assessment of children for brief psychotherapy is devised in order to assist the trainee.