Tanja Gottken is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, research associate and head of the local psychotherapy section at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany. Kai von Klitzing is a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany, and a psychoanalyst for adults, adolescents, and children.

• Introduction , Theoretical Background , Emotional symptoms and affective disorders in childhood: epidemiology, aetiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and indications , Classical psychoanalytical concepts , More recent psychoanalytical and psychological development concepts , Treatment Manual: The Therapeutic Concept of PaCT , Introductory overview of Part II , When to refer for PaCT , Before therapy begins , The treatment technique , The therapeutic phases of PaCT , Summary: therapeutic process of PaCT , Prerequisites for the therapist , Limitations of a short-term psychotherapeutic approach , Risks and side effects of PaCT , Case Studies 3 , Case study 1: Julian, six years old , Case study 2: Sophie, five years old , Case study 3: Elisabeth, six years old

'Structured brief treatments have surprised all of us in terms of their effectiveness and the enduring benefit they deliver. The authors bring the advantage of this approach to the field of child therapy in an exceptionally well-constructed package that provides an excellent foundation for both training and research. We are in debt to the authors for the clarity and coherence with which their conceptual framework and their technique is presented and the quality of integration between the two, which they are able to achieve to facilitate our clinical work with young children.'- Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, and Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre, London