Judith Trowell is an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Tavistock Clinic, and Professor of Child Mental Health, West Midlands NIMHE/CSIP and University of Worcester. She is a psychoanalyst and child analyst and worked for many years in the NHS as a clinician, trainer, and clinical researcher. Her publications include 'The Emotional Needs of Young Children and Their Families: Applications of Psychoanalysis in Community Settings' (with Marion Bower) and 'The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-Evaluation' (with Alicia Etchegoyen).

• ContentsI Developmental issues2 The young adolescent 3 Mental health concerns4 Psychosocial issues 5 Parents6 Interventions

'Once upon a time parents celebrated the arrival of puberty with pride, and in many cultures family and community joined together to celebrate this passage from childhood to adulthood and independence. It is sad that today we live in times when this transition is viewed with anxiety and fear. Of course, as ever before, the ex-child comes to this point in his/her life with a mixture of excitement and ambivalent anticipation, but now their parents often experience a sense of isolation and dread, not knowing how to ensure that the next ten to twelve years run smoothly for their child and for themselves. Judith Trowell has had a rich professional life working in a variety of settings and contexts with adolescents and their parents. In this book, she describes and discusses in a lucid and sensitive manner the physical and emotional changes that younger adolescents, aged between 10 and 14 years, go through and how these affect and are influenced by their parents.'- Dr A.H. Brafman, from the Series Editor's Foreword

Judith Trowell is an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Tavistock Clinic, and Professor of Child Mental Health, West Midlands NIMHE/CSIP and University of Worcester. She is a psychoanalyst and child analyst and worked for many years in the NHS as a clinician, trainer, and clinical researcher. Her publications include 'The Emotional Needs of Young Children and Their Families: Applications of Psychoanalysis in Community Settings' (with Marion Bower) and 'The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-Evaluation' (with Alicia Etchegoyen).

• ContentsI Developmental issues2 The young adolescent 3 Mental health concerns4 Psychosocial issues 5 Parents6 Interventions

'Once upon a time parents celebrated the arrival of puberty with pride, and in many cultures family and community joined together to celebrate this passage from childhood to adulthood and independence. It is sad that today we live in times when this transition is viewed with anxiety and fear. Of course, as ever before, the ex-child comes to this point in his/her life with a mixture of excitement and ambivalent anticipation, but now their parents often experience a sense of isolation and dread, not knowing how to ensure that the next ten to twelve years run smoothly for their child and for themselves. Judith Trowell has had a rich professional life working in a variety of settings and contexts with adolescents and their parents. In this book, she describes and discusses in a lucid and sensitive manner the physical and emotional changes that younger adolescents, aged between 10 and 14 years, go through and how these affect and are influenced by their parents.'- Dr A.H. Brafman, from the Series Editor's Foreword

Judith Trowell is an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Tavistock Clinic, and Professor of Child Mental Health, West Midlands NIMHE/CSIP and University of Worcester. She is a psychoanalyst and child analyst and worked for many years in the NHS as a clinician, trainer, and clinical researcher. Her publications include 'The Emotional Needs of Young Children and Their Families: Applications of Psychoanalysis in Community Settings' (with Marion Bower) and 'The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-Evaluation' (with Alicia Etchegoyen).

• ContentsI Developmental issues2 The young adolescent 3 Mental health concerns4 Psychosocial issues 5 Parents6 Interventions

'Once upon a time parents celebrated the arrival of puberty with pride, and in many cultures family and community joined together to celebrate this passage from childhood to adulthood and independence. It is sad that today we live in times when this transition is viewed with anxiety and fear. Of course, as ever before, the ex-child comes to this point in his/her life with a mixture of excitement and ambivalent anticipation, but now their parents often experience a sense of isolation and dread, not knowing how to ensure that the next ten to twelve years run smoothly for their child and for themselves. Judith Trowell has had a rich professional life working in a variety of settings and contexts with adolescents and their parents. In this book, she describes and discusses in a lucid and sensitive manner the physical and emotional changes that younger adolescents, aged between 10 and 14 years, go through and how these affect and are influenced by their parents.'- Dr A.H. Brafman, from the Series Editor's Foreword