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Stemming as it does from the pediatric clinic, this book by Dr. Boenheim is concerned with the emotional difficulties of the child which are most frequently seen by the physician and as such fulfils a need which some pediatricians have been verbalizing for several years. Because of his pediatric approach, Dr. Boenheim's book should meet with greater acceptance than most of the child guidance literature to date. Although he discusses the theories of personality development of Adler, Jung, Buehler, etc., he favors the freudian theory and thus bases his discussion of the emotional difficulties in children on a firm footing. He even goes so far as to state that a 'thorough training in analysis is just as necessary for the work of a child psychotherapist as it is for the psychotherapeutist dealing with adults'. In his discussions of specific types of cases, he shows a good understanding of psychoanalytic theory. However, he discounts child analysis as a therapy for younger children 'since in most cases the child has no appreciation of its own condition nor of the distinctive features of treatment'. His own method of treatment is directed in general toward the manipulation of the environment, so that the child is exposed to a more normal home and social life.
This method suggests the belief that by changing those factors