Magical Moments of Change: How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around

Lenore Terr

Overview – Contents & Contributors – Excerpt

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Celebrating Large and Small Moments of Change

Part One: Using the Professional Persona
1. An Idealized Parent—or Even, a Lesser God
2. Teacher, Trainer, Coach
3. Investigator
4. A Real Person

Part Two: Creating the “Right” Atmosphere
5. The Spirit of Fun
6. Waiting Games
7. A Place to Talk—and to Use Talk Playfully

Part Three: “Getting” the Child
8. Following a Kid’s Lead
9. Passing a Child’s Test
10. Delving into a Young Person’s Interests

Part Four: Reacting in a Timely, Pungent Fashion
11. Making a Meaningful Comment
12. Solving a Childhood Mystery
13. Indulging in a Dramatic Moment or Two

Epilogue: Looking Back—Looking Forward

Notes
Psychiatric Contributors
Index

Contributors
A. Reese Abright, MD
Joseph H. Beitchman, MD
Ronald Benson, MD
Peter Blos, Jr., MD
Kenneth Braslow, MD
Michael Brody, MD
John M. Deeney, MD
Jerry W. Dodson, MD
Susan Donner, MD
Martin Drell, MD
Spencer Eth, MD
Louis Fine, MD
Barbara Fish, MD
Victor Fornari, MD
Geri Fox, MD
Theodore J. Gaensbauer, MD
Ajit Jetmalani, MD
Richard Livingston, MD
Henry Massie, MD
John F. McDermott, MD
Aubrey E. Metcalf, MD
Klaus Minde, MD
Maria Pease, MD
Lynn Ponton, MD
James Powers, MD
Kenneth Robson, MD
Rita Rogers, MD
William Sack, MD
George Stewart, MD
Stewart Teal, MD
Lenore Terr, MD
Saul Wasserman, MD
Nancy Winters, MD
Joel P. Zrull, MD

About the Author

Lenore Terr, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute at UCLA, San Francisco. She lives in San Francisco, California.

ISBN 10: 0-393-70530-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-393-70530-0
304 pages pages / hardcover
November 2007