ABSTRACT

With a training in psychoanalysis and a belief in psychological change through self-understanding, child psychotherapists engage in a variety of clinical activities focusing largely on the internal world of children and their families. Sooner or later, they are invited to provide consultation to other professionals in the ®eld of child mental health. The main purpose is to help staff understand better the meaning of children's behaviour and to enable them to make sense of the impact of children's disturbance on their relationships with children and with each other.