ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the transference as it appears characteristically in the latency period. If the therapist is suitable by temperament and is able to be objective and to become concerned with the need of the child then the therapy will become adapted to the needs of the case as these present themselves in the course of the treatment. Anna Freud’s book, The Psycho-Analytical Treatment of Children is concerned with the discussion of an introductory phase which is necessary in the analysis of children. The basis of all psychoanalysis is a complex theory of the emotional development of the infant and child, a theory which Freud initiated and which is constantly being extended and enriched and emended. In the analysis of small children the analyst is considerably helped by the tremendous changes that take place naturally in the child of five, six, or seven years of age.
