From Chaos to Coherence: Psychotherapy with a Little Boy with ADHD

by Elisabeth Cleve

Overview

From Chaos to Coherence is the true story, told in everyday language, of the adopted boy Douglas and his journey towards adulthood with the help of psychotherapy. Douglas has severe psychic, physical and social handicaps and is also diagnosed with ADHD. He is impulse-governed, aggressive, provocative and unable to interact with other ch

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367324605
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2019
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

About the Author

Elisabeth Cleve was born in 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden, where she was educated at the Erica Founcation, a training centre for psychotherapists specializing in children and adolescents. She is a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist for children and young people, a specialist in clinical psychology, a supervisor and an author. Her publications include 'From Chaos to Coherence. Psychotherapy with a boy with ADHD' (Karnac, 2004) and, with Britta Blomberg, 'The Machover Test. A Handbook with Theoretical Perspectives' (Psykologifoerlaget AB, 1997).

Table of Contents

Foreword — Introduction — Our first meeting in the waiting room — Douglas's life history — The psychological assessment — The first year of psychotherapy — The second year — The third year — The fourth year — The fifth year — The sixth year — The seventh and last year of psychotherapy — Has it been worth it? — Psychotherapy for children with emotional and neuropsychiatric disturbances — Concluding remarks — Tests used for the psychological assessment — Criteria for ADHD according to diagnostic manual DSM-IV