Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Contributors and Therapists. Introduction. 1. Mary Boston The Tavistock Workshop: An Overall View 2. Falling and Being Dropped 3. Sticking: More Girls in Care 4. Abandoned 5. Rolene Szur Sexuality and Aggression as Related Themes 6. Mary Boston Technical Problems in Therapy 7. Eva Holmes Psychological Assessment 8. ‘I’m Bad, No Good, Can’t Think’ 9. Gianna Henry Difficulties about Thinking and Learning 10. Rolene Szur The Transition from an Institution to a Family 11. Growing up in Foster Care: One Boy’s Struggles 12. Ronald Britton Breakdown and Reconstitution of the Family Circle 13. Joan Hutten Thinking Together about Children in Care 14. Brian Truckle Fieldwork: First Visit to a Foster Family 15. Shirley Hoxter Some Feelings Aroused in Working with Severely Deprived Children. Sheila Miller Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

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Mary Boston, Rolene Szur