Conversations with Child Psychotherapists

Not all dark thoughts in adolescence are perverse. Some are collapse. Know the difference—and listen for structure, not content.

When a young person stops symbolising, rituals remain—but meaning drains out. Symbolic collapse is quiet, but devastating. (Lecture 2).

Learn to hear beyond content. This seminar explores how intrusive thoughts reveal psychic structure, using Bion and Meltzer as our guide.