`Debbie Daniels and Peter Jenkins approach the complex issue of the rights of children to seek and sustain psychotherapy with skill and sensitivity. They provide a lucid and accurate account of psychoanalytically-orientated counselling and psychotherapy and illustrate how the needs of the child for a place of confidential safety is essential for any child to trust a therapist, and eventually, for the society of `childhood′ at large to appreciate the sanctuary provided by this trust.... Daniels and Jenkins′ book arrives at a crucial moment in history of the therapeutic treatment of children and adults. It is fair-minded, exceptionally informative, well written, and compelling′ -
Christopher Bollas - from the Foreword
Language
English
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Release
May 15, 2000
ISBN
0761952799
ISBN 13
9780761952794
Therapy with Children: Children′s Rights, Confidentiality and the Law
`Debbie Daniels and Peter Jenkins approach the complex issue of the rights of children to seek and sustain psychotherapy with skill and sensitivity. They provide a lucid and accurate account of psychoanalytically-orientated counselling and psychotherapy and illustrate how the needs of the child for a place of confidential safety is essential for any child to trust a therapist, and eventually, for the society of `childhood′ at large to appreciate the sanctuary provided by this trust.... Daniels and Jenkins′ book arrives at a crucial moment in history of the therapeutic treatment of children and adults. It is fair-minded, exceptionally informative, well written, and compelling′ -
Christopher Bollas - from the Foreword