Working with “Out-of-Control” Children—A Two-Systems Approach

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In this paper we have chosen to use “I” when referring to the analyst in actual clinical interactions, and the collective “we/our/us” when describing our joint, general theoretical, technical, and clinical formulations. The “I” is an attempt to capture some of the immediacy of the work, and it also adds another layer of confidentiality to the reported clinical material.

Some child psychoanalysts have begun to explore the limitations of the linear, single-track theory, notably K. K. Novick and J. Novick (1994), Galatzer-Levy (2004), Tustin (1994), Abrams (2011), Lament (2011), and Knight (2011).

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Jack Novick

Jack Novick is a Training Analyst of the International Psychoanalytic Association and on the faculties of numerous institutes. Formerly Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, he also chaired the Child Psychoanalysis Training at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute.

Kerry Kelly Novick

Kerry Kelly Novick is a Training Analyst of the International Psychoanalytic Association. On the faculties of numerous institutes, she was formerly Lecturer in Psychoanalysis, University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry, President of the Association for Child Psychoanalysis, and a founder of Allen Creek Preschool.