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Working with parents and carers within psychodynamic child and adolescent psychotherapy

Widgery, Camilla (AUT University; 2008)

This dissertation uses a modified systematic literature review to look at working with parents and carers within child and adolescent psychotherapy, and to consider this tasks relationship to therapeutic outcomes for ...
The animal-human bond in the psychotherapy relationship: as a bridge towards enhanced relational capability

Emmens, Joanne (AUT University; 2007)

This study reviews the use of the animal-human bond in the psychotherapy of clients who, as a result of early environmental failure have developmental deficits in their ability to form satisfying relationships, yet have ...
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold: an exploration of depression in infancy

D'Almeida, Jennifer (AUT University; 2008)

This dissertation explores the impact of the mother-infant relationship on the development of depression in infancy. The challenges of defining and identifying depression in this age group, covering 0–3 years have been ...
The parentified child in a child psychotherapist: a systematic literature review of the parentified child, exploring its effects on the countertransference process in child psychotherapy

Tam, Oi Kuen Wong (AUT University; 2009)

This dissertation explores the countertransference of a child psychotherapist with a history of parentification. Parentified children are those who attempt to fulfill the parental role at the expense of their own developmentally ...
What are the therapeutic implications of psychoanalytic conceptualisations of God when working psychoanalytically with Christian clients?

Florence, Helen Jane (AUT University; 2009)

This dissertation explores the question, "What are the therapeutic implications of psychoanalytic conceptualisations of God when working psychoanalytically with Christian clients?" Clients who identify as Christian are ...