Introduction to child psychoanalysis

The name of Anna Freud is completely deservedly on a par with the name of her father and other scientists who stood at the origins of the development of psychoanalysis and psychology in general. Her activities as a psychoanalyst laid the foundation of a new direction in psychology - child psychoanalysis. Studies by A. Freud, dedicated to the features of analytical work with children, had a wide resonance and substantiated the allocation of children"s analysis in a separate direction of psychoanalytic therapy. Her work "Introduction to Children"s Psychoanalysis" is the result of its creative searches in this area, as well as a program document and a guide for a children"s psychoanalyst, describing the sequence, main stages, problems, restrictions and features of analytical work with children based on numerous examples from practice.
The works of Anna Freud are a rich source of interesting and useful information regarding the upbringing of children, the characteristics of the mental development of the child and his inner world