Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 847-851, November 1986

The Process of Time‐Limited Psychotherapy with Latency‐Aged Children

  • RICHARD SLOVES, PSY.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints may be requested from Dr. Richard Sloves, Downstate Medical Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 451 Clarkson Ave., New York, NY 11203
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  • KAREN BELINGER PETERLIN, C.S.W.

Dr. Richard Sloves is Director of Short-Term Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, OPD, Downstate Medical Center. Karen Belinger Peterlins is Associate Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, OPD, Downstate Medical Center. Both have contributed equally to this article

Received 22 January 1985; received in revised form 24 June 1985; accepted 19 July 1985.

Article Outline

This approach to time-limited psychotherapy with children is an adaptation of Mann's short-term model. It is a close-ended, theme-directed treatment with three distinct phases that include: opening phase, working through, and termination. The termination phase is subdivided into five stages: denial, bargaining, anger, sadness, and acceptance. Parental alliance is essential as it reduces the possibilities for both the child and the parents to undermine the treatment process. In this approach, intensified time permits the continued resolution of separation-individuation conflict that had impeded the normal developmental process. Successful termination results in a reaffirmation of the child's competence, while the parent, once again, resumes full responsibility for the child.

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 This paper was presented at Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Downstate Medical Center, January 11, 1985.

PII: S0002-7138(09)60205-3

doi:10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60205-3

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 847-851, November 1986

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