This article is in three parts. First, it summarizes the essential features of child-centered family treatment: facilitating parental empathy, selfobject functions, and the impact of cultural changes in the symptomatic… Click to show full abstract
This article is in three parts. First, it summarizes the essential features of child-centered family treatment: facilitating parental empathy, selfobject functions, and the impact of cultural changes in the symptomatic child’s emotional environment. The second part is a discussion of the difficulties related to the application of these theoretical principles. The third part consists of the discussion of two clinical examples by Taly Hochstadter and Christa Paulinz.
               
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