Böcker av A.H. Brafman

If a person is struggling with feeling that involve pain or anxiety, then we find a complex network of difficulties affecting that person's capacity to express what torments him. Whatever the person's age, they very often have no access to the words that might convey their internal conflicts. This book deals with this topic.

Addresses the needs of students, patients, and practitioners of psychodynamic therapies. This title discusses the work of these professionals with children and with adults from a pragmatic point of view, stressing the importance of recognizing the needs and capacities of each individual patient.

The fifth birthday represents an important landmark in a child's development. He is now ready to start full-time primary school, and we no longer speak of a baby or a little child; instead, we refer to the boy or the girl.

Addresses the needs of students, patients, and practitioners of psychodynamic therapies. This title discusses the work of these professionals with children and with adults from a pragmatic point of view, stressing the importance of recognizing the needs and capacities of each individual patient.

The fifth birthday represents an important landmark in a child's development. He is now ready to start full-time primary school, and we no longer speak of a baby or a little child; instead, we refer to the boy or the girl.

This book describes a series of cases where the child's presenting complaint is seen to be the expression of an underlying emotional conflict that the child expects the parents to understand and help him or her to overcome. It discovers the unconscious fantasy that underlies the complaint.

This book offers a series of noteworthy vignettes that occurred in the author's consulting room. Although the context and objective of each consultation varied, the decision to present them here is due to a particularly interesting feature of the patient's life or a significant point that arose during their interview with the author.