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Communicating with vulnerable patients

A Novel Psychological Approach
Communicating with Vulnerable Patients focuses on practical strategies for improving therapeutic communication with individuals experiencing heightened vulnerability. Central to this exploration is the concept of an 'outsider' or 'liminal space' within the therapeutic relationship. It is this liminal space that allows for the emergence of transitional states of mind and that fosters dynamic shifts and new understandings within the therapeutic dialogue.

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Topics in this book

On Building Communication

Handling, mastering and integrating personal and factual reality. Explaining the TICA –Transient Interactive Communication Approach.
TICA in Forensic Settings

TICA in withdrawal therapy and in pre-trial detention.
TICA in Intercultural Settings

TICA in short-term therapy with traumatized refugees and in multicultural team supervision.
TICA Adaptations (Variations)

T-WAS- Together We Are Strong
TICA and T-WAS in the COVID-19 pandemic

Reviews

"Leticia Castrechini-Franieck has written an important book based on her forensic and psychoanalytic training in which she communicates, critically, the necessity for an experiential approach to the understanding and treatment of marginalized, traumatized and highly vulnerable individuals. The timely subject of social and cultural ‘outsiders’ is front and center. Many clinicians today find that a developmental, ontological psychoanalytic perspective that emphasizes experience rather than the deployment of knowledge, yields valuable clinical results. Castrechini-Franieck achieves this in a difficult clinical context in ways that will reward the reader.
I strongly recommend this book."

Paul Williams - Psychoanalyst. Trained at The British Psychoanalytic Society

"This fascinating book reveals, in clear and in-depth form, the vicissitudes faced by therapists dealing with people in distressing social situations. It deals with prisoners, refugees, children with antisocial tendencies and other traumatised and highly vulnerable groups. The author shows us how she carefully develops therapeutic resources that can facilitate communication among people from diverse backgrounds, allowing them to feel themselves fully human and able to live in the societies that welcome them."

Roosevelt Cassorla, Training Analyst of the Brazilian Psychoanalytic Association, Sigourney Award 2017.

Psychosoziale Gruppenarbeit mit benachteiligten Kindern (German Version)

Paarleitung und kreatives Spiel
‘Together We Are Strong’ or T-WAS is a preventative group intervention designed to mitigate the development of antisocial behaviour in at-risk children by promoting resilience. This work emphasises the development of positive interpersonal relationships within the group through engaging creative play. These experiences are designed to provide children with new opportunities to understand themselves in relation to others, highlighting the paramount role of skilled group conductors.

Psychosocial Group Work with Vulnerable Children (English Version)

Eclectic Group Conductors and Creative Play presents a novel, accessible and preventive psychotherapeutic intervention for children. It is based on group analytic techniques and incorporates therapeutic elements from Gestalt therapy and ontological psychoanalysis. This integrative approach aims to strengthen children's resilience and prevent the escalation of antisocial behaviour. By fostering a supportive group environment, it helps children achieve emotional stability, improve their social skills and enhance their academic performance

Topics in this book

Conceptual source of inspiration

The interplay between antisocial tendencies and aggression
The intersection of Gestalt therapy and ontological psychoanalysis
Running children’s groups in partnership: what does this mean?
Together We Are Strong (T-WAS)

The challenges behind the scenes
Eclectic group conductors
Setting
Creative play
Reflections on T-WAS

Reviews

“This book offers genuine clinical engagement in the context of a solid psychoanalytic framework, providing the reader with an accessible model of treatment.”

Paul Williams, psychoanalyst; author, The Fifth Principle Trilogy (Routledge)

“The uniqueness of this book lies in the introduction of a fairly accessible, experiential and preventive approach to group work with vulnerable children. It looks at ways of dealing with aggression by developing object relations with others during ongoing creative play. This approach can be widely adopted by agencies working with vulnerable children worldwide. The authors' focus on the prevention of violence, rather than the treatment of violence, plays a vital role in creating a stable environment for us all.”

Roosevelt Cassorla, Training Analyst of the Brazilian Psychoanalytic Association, Sigourney Award 2017.

On Latency

Individual Development, Narcissistic Impulse Reminiscence and Cultural Ideal
The latency period, a crucial phase in child development, has been largely overlooked in modern psychoanalysis.
This volume seeks to rectify this oversight by comprehensively exploring the key aspects of this understudied period.
Based on extensive research and rigorous analysis, this book aims to deepen our understanding of the profound significance of the latency period for individual development.
In particular, it introduces two novel concepts: narcissistic impulse reminiscence and cultural ideal, which provide valuable insights into the nuanced impact of cultural differences on individual development.

Topics in this book

Latency

On social identity and on culture
Central concepts for understanding the latency period

Oedipus Complex, identification, Narcissism, Ego ideal and superego
On group psychology and on culture

Cultural ideal, ego ideal, narcissim, superego, therapeutic work
Research

Description, results, cultural transmission

Review

"… Franieck and Günter’s idea that cultural values are transmitted via the family harkens back to Aristotle’s Politics, in which he suggested that the family is a state and that the State’s values are transmitted via the family. Erik Erikson described the way in which parents transmit societal values by how they raise their children: toiletting, nursing and weaning (among the Sioux versus the Yurok Indians, for example). These researchers extend that idea. … "

Nathan Szajnberg - Child psychiatrist and a psychoanalyst

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Other publications

Castrechini-Franieck, M.L., and Page, T., 2017. The family narratives of three siblings living in a ‘street situation’ since birth. Early Child Development and Care, 189 (10), 1575–1587.

Castrechini-Franieck, M.L., 2017c. Managing Narcissistic Impulse-Reminiscence and Cultural Ideal Under the Circumstances of Mass Immigration. Psychoanalytic review, 104 (6), 723–734.

Castrechini-Franieck, M.L., 2017b. Giving deeply traumatized refugees the space they need in which to reconstruct the boundary they have lost between reality and fantasy, while they face language and cultural barriers [online]. Other/Wise.

Castrechini-Franieck, M.L., 2017a. Wohin gehöre ich eigentlich? JuKiP - Ihr Fachmagazin für Gesundheits- und Kinderkrankenpflege, 06 (01), 36–39.

Castrechini-Franieck, M.L., 2016. Remarks on Latency: Onset in Different Cultures. The Journal of psychohistory, 43, 214–227.

Castrechini-Franieck, M.L., Günter, M., and Page, T., 2014. Engaging Brazilian Street Children in Play: Observations of Their Family Narratives. Child Development Research, 2014, 861703.

Castrechini-Franieck, M.L., and Günter, M., 2014. Die Transmission kultureller Ideale in der Latenz. Theoretische Überlegungen und empirische Befunde aus einer Untersuchung in zwei verschiedenen Kulturen. In: M. Endres, C. Salamander, and D. Bürgin, eds. Latenz: Entwicklung und Behandlung. Frankfurt a.M.: Brandes & Apsel.

Castrechini-Franieck, M.L., 2014. We were born on the street, how do experiences of transience and permanence affect us? Other/Wise Uncut, 3 (Winter 2014), 43–67. Available from: https://ifpe.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/otherwise-uncut-winter-20141.pdf [Accessed 26 February 2023].

Castrechini_Franieck, M.L.C.F., 2012. Review: “The Significance of Dreams: Bridging Clinical and Extra-clinical Research in Psychoanalysis”, P. Fonagy, H. Kächele, M. Leuzinger-Bohleber, D. Taylor (eds.). London, UK, Karnac Books, 2012: International Pschoanalysis Net.

Franieck, M. L. C. F., 2012. International Psychoanalytical Association Database. Under „investigator name: Franieck".

Franieck, M. L. C. F., 2005. Mental representations of parents and family structure of the first grade elementary school children from two countries: Brazil and Germany: similarities and differences. PhD Thesis: Universität Tübingen.

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