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Trends in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy welcomes articles on these or any other issues of
interest to the field.
CHILDREN
1.
Dealing with violence: Helping children move from the
self-destructive “no” to the healthy “yes”
2.
Attachment Disorder among adopted children and all children with
abandonment issues
3.
Children of divorced and/or blended families
4.
Children who cut themselves
5.
Children with eating disorders
6.
Learning disabilities (ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.)
7.
Adjustment disorders of childhood
8.
Bereavement Issues
9.
Teenage Pregnancy
10.
Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Addiction
11.
Bullying and Scapegoating
12.
Childhood Depression and Anxiety
13.
Childhood Phobias
14.
Sexual Abuse
15.
Incest Issues
16.
Childhood Trauma (terrorist attacks, crime, war, earthquakes,
injury, and death)
17.
Mind and Body healing
18.
School Issues
19.
Eating Disorders
20.
Sexual-Orientation Issues
FAMILIES
1.
Dealing with Aging Parents
2.
Childrearing Issues
3.
Divorce and Separation
4.
Adultery
5.
Financial Stresses (how to handle debts)
6.
Job-related Issues (interpersonal issues, unemployment, firing,
layoffs, relocation, etc.)
7.
Sexual Abuse and Incest
8.
Sexual Problems in the Couple
9.
The Blended Family (Step-children, step-parenting)
10.
Illness, Death, and Dying
11.
Inheritance Issues
12.
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
13.
Violence and Battering
14.
Child Abuse
14.
Extended family issues
15.
Career Counseling
16.
Infertility Issues
17.
Adoption
18.
Eating Disorders
19.
Sexual Addiction and Perversion
20.
General Addictions (food, shopping, drink, sex, etc.)
HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING
1.
Stress Management
2.
Burnout
3.
Issues Around Chronic Illness
4.
Issues Around Terminal Illness
5.
After-care
6.
Weight Loss
7.
Dealing with Illness (heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer,
diabetes, etc.)
8.
Menopause
9.
Pregnancy and Child Birth Issues
10.
Mid-life Crises
11.
Impotence
12.
Drug addiction (prescription and non-prescription)
13.
Alcohol abuse
14.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
AGING
1. Retirement
2.
Loss of Spouse
3.
Abandonment by Children
4.
Nursing Homes and Assisted Living
5.
Quality of Life Issues
6.
Dementia
7.
Effects of Stroke
8.
Recovery from hospitalization and Illness
9.
Adjustment to Financial Restrictions
10.
Loss of Independence
11.
Isolation from Cohort Group
12.
Fears of Illness and Dying
13.
Depression in the Elderly
14.
Anxiety and Phobias
15.
Attachment Disorders
16.
Home-care Issues
17.
Dealing with the Health-care Establishment
18.
Maintaining a Sense of Community (friends, feeling useful, sense
of purpose, etc.)
19.
Coping with Change of Lifestyle
20.
The Re-emergence of old conflicts (separation, individuation,
dependency, rage, identity crises, etc.)
BURNOUT
1.
Workers with Little Authority (with no control over their work
lives)
2.
Single Parents
3.
Working Mothers
4.
Recognizing symptoms of burnout
BURNOUT
IN SERVICE PROVIDERS (health-care, clergy, teachers, etc.)
1.
What to do with induced feelings
2.
For workers dealing with illness: how to cope with constant loss
and suffering
3.
How to nurture yourself while providing services for ill people
4.
How to set boundaries
5.
How to speak to patients, students, and families
6.
How to find ways to discharge your own feeling constructively
7.
How to train supervisors to help employees prevent burnout and
perform better
8.
How to tolerate all your feelings and act on the ones best for
the patient or student
9.
How to focus on new aspects of the same job
10.
How to get your agency to provide nurturance to you
11.
How to advocate for yourself and your patients and or students
12.
How to recognize the signs of burnout and what to do about it
THEORY
AND TECHNIQUE
Articles
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