Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis

This space is devoted to work with infants, children, adolescents and young adults.  The material is drawn from various sources in our organisation, and we will continue to expand the topics covered to include culturally relevant material about families and programs around the world. We look forward to collaborating with fellow analysts to enhance the site and to create an archive that might be useful to the public and members alike.


Discover the work of our Child and Adolescent Committees

The Child and Adolescent Committee (COCAP) promotes knowledge of child and adolescent psychoanalysis within and beyond our professional organisation and the Inter-Committee Project on Child Abuse works to make IPA members and people outside of IPA more aware of the need for education, advocacy, prevention and intervention regarding child abuse.





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About Adolescent Psychoanalysis

Thursday 26 September 2024

With adolescents, psychoanalytic treatment takes place at an in between stage, so some adolescents use play and action, and some adolescents may intermittently elect to lie on the couch.

Self Esteem Fives To Twelves

Wednesday 25 September 2024

Do Children have to always win to have self esteem? What can a parent do to ensure that their child feels competent and comfortable? What is Self Esteem, and how does it develop?

Regression and Repetition as operative factors in psychoanalytic parent-infant psychotherapy


Child Psychoanalysis

Thursday 26 September 2024

Psychoanalysis, according the dictionary, is a method of understanding psychological phenomena and treating emotional disorders. Psychoanalysis has been called "talking therapy."

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