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(ed.). Art Therapy with Young Survivors of Sexual Abuse - Lost for Words.London: Brunner-Routledge, 2000. Pp. 204. Pbk. £15.99.
This valuable book contains papers by a number of practising art therapists describing work in different settings with child or adolescent survivors of sexual abuse. In some cases, they may also be perpetrators. Some work is individual, some group and some is with sibling groups. Most of that described is art psychotherapy of an analytic kind, with interpretation and containment as important features. A particular usefulness of the book lies in its readiness to address important practical, clinical matters like the countertransference of a male art therapist, the process of assessment, and aspects of managing the relationships between therapist, family and the wider network. The considerable number of professionals who may be involved with a case of child sexual abuse creates the potential for splitting, confusion and losing sight of the needs of the child concerned. This lively, thoughtful book is to be recommended to anyone working with abused children.
A Century of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Group Analysis - ASearch for Integration. Foreword by Malcolm Pines. London: International Library of Group Analysis 12/Jessica Kingsley, 2000. Pp. 159. Pbk. £18.95.
Dr Sandison's title reflects his ‘rather bold assumption that the principlesand practice of psychoanalysis and its derivatives is one of the few, if not the only, truly unifying factors in this (20th) century of vast social, material and spiritual changeand upheaval’. From 1946 he has worked, inside the NHS and without, as psychiatrist, psychotherapist, group therapist, and family planning doctor in a variety of places across the British Isles including his native Shetland. This account of Dr Sandison'sprofessional life is also a description of his personal search for integration. In a veryJungian way, the writing is episodic and discu