Psychotherapeutic interventions with brain-injured children and their families: II. Psychotherapy

Drawing on the case of a boy who was treated in an expressive psychotherapy process in childhood and followed for more than 15 years, the author explores a number of critical issues in the literature on psychotherapy with brain-injured children. These issues include: (1) the efficacy of psychotherapy with neurologically impaired children, (2) its relationship to other modes of treatment, (3) the nature of the therapeutic process, (4) the role of concomitant work with parents in treatment, and (5) the importance of follow-up contacts.