title: The psychoanalytic treatment of a child with deviational development.
abstract: This paper presents the analysis of Peter, a five-year-old boy with compromised ego functions including difficulties in maintaining stable internalized object representations. Despite these serious problems, which are often seen as contraindicating analysis, a predominantly traditional psychoanalytic position emphasizing dynamic interpretations was utilized. Detailed clinical material is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach in facilitating therapeutic changes in Peter.
authors.affiliation: New York University Psychoanalytic Institute, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Zients
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*