Special Considerations in Counseling children What are special considerations when counseling children? What skills and traits should a child & adolescent counselor possess?
Provide an explanation of the structure of the mind according to psychoanalytic theory.
How does Object Relations differ from original Psychoanalytic theory?
What information and symptoms do psychodynamic therapists consider important in understanding children?
What is a goal or purpose of psychodynamic therapy with children or adolescents? When children or adolescents are clients in receipt of psychological treatment, there are specific issues that require attention. With regard to assessment and diagnosis, researchers and clinicians alike must pay attention to variations across sources of assessment data, the comorbidity of diagnoses, and the potential utility of a “family” (as opposed to child) diagnosis.
