The analysis of a latency boy. The developmental impact of separation, divorce, and remarriage.
John was a highly intelligent, unhappy boy who was failing to function academically and socially. This paper attempts to show how the cumulative stress between the parents resulting in divorce and remarriage affected a child with a predisposition to anxiety. The internal and external chaos wrought by disturbed and unpredictable parents distorted his development. His feelings of abandonment and bewilderment led to low self-esteem. The paper will illustrate how this influenced the analytic process and the areas in which treatment helped to restore him to the path of normal development.
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Anna Freud Centre, London.
D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007837:Latency Period, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*