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MIDDLE-CLASS WAIFS The Psychodynamic Treatment of Affectively Disturbed Children Copyrighted Material Copyrighted Material MIDDLE-CLASS WAIFS The Psychodynamic Treatment of Affectively Disturbed Children ELAINE V. SIEGEL THE ANALYTIC PRESS 1991 Hillsdale, NJ London Copyrighted Material Copyright © 1991 by The Analytic Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Published by The Analytic Press, Inc. 365 Broadway, Hillsdale, NJ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Siegel, Elaine V. Middle-class waifs : the psychodynamic treatment of affectively disturbed children / Elaine V. Siegel. p. cm. - Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. ISBN 0-88163-098-5 1. Affective disorders in children. 2. Child psychotherapy. 1. Title. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. Affective Disorders —in infancy & childhood. 2. Affective Disorders —therapy. 3. Psychotherapy. Wl PS427F v. 12/ WS 350.6 S571m) RJ506.D4S54 1991 618.92’8914-dc20 DNLM/DLC for Library of Congress 90-1226 CIP Printed in United States of America 10 98765432 1 Copyrighted Material On Phillips Court Houses stood in an open circle Like sentries guarding the familiar world Bright clean windows stared at driveways Leading to the pavement mouth of street That gathered children in its belly As they screeched bicycle bells in tumbled crying laughter Running endless races of hopscotched frozen tag In hot sweet afternoons When clouds sat low Over skinny man-placed trees And mothers hung curtains Drank coffee Sounded children’s names In long-drawn efforts to recall them To life they would remember With a timeless earlier sense When the humid summer days Passed into hotter nights Of rain and storm and sweat. A poem by Melanie, whose life enriched mine. Copyrighted Material Copyrighted Material This book is dedicated to the spirit alive in the children I treated and to my family, including Dr. Robert C. Lane Copyrighted Material Copyrighted Material Acknowledgments M any thanks go to Dr. Paul E. Stepansky for his steadfast support and to Eleanor Starke Kobrin for her painstaking work in manuscript editing, and special thanks to Louella Levine for her help in clarifying the children’s pictures. ix Copyrighted Material
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