title: A psychoanalytic child psychotherapy contribution to generic assessments.
abstract: Psychoanalytically trained child and adolescent psychotherapists have applied psychodynamic thinking to family work, consultations and brief work for some time. Findings from a research project in which the author investigated the processes involved in generic assessments undertaken by herself and what actually takes place are presented. A description of some skills and techniques used by the author are also described.
authors.affiliation: Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), UK petamees@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Peta
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mees
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008605:Mental Health Services; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Child psychotherapy; generic assessments; processes; skills and techniques