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THIS PAPER IS A VERSION OF A CHAPTER OF A BOOK, NOW IN THE COURSE of preparation, on Treatment Situation and Technique in Child Psychoanalysis. This
work is the outcome of our realization that developments in the technique of child analysis at the Hampstead Child-Therapy Clinic have not been adequately documented. In 1968 the Hampstead Index Group initiated a project aimed at crystallizing and recording some of the specific views and experiences of senior child analysts and therapists at the Clinic. The project began with weekly meetings chaired by one of us (J.S.), in which Anna Freud participated actively, and which extended over a period of two and a half years. Most senior staff members attended and participated in all or some of the meetings, which were tape-recorded. These recordings were later transcribed and edited.
In order to provide a suitable format for the discussion, a section of the Hampstead In