In Psychodynmaic Treatment of Children with Emotional Problems, author Gertrude Pollitt demonstrates the best practices of treating severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents to help them adapt and thrive in the real world while also addressing their own intimate needs. The author translates complex theoretical concepts and clinical paradigms in simple language so that the reader will find them readily accessible. Throughout the book clinical vignettes illustrate various conceptual frameworks, including that of Anna Freund and the developemntal ladder and Donald Winnicott’s ideas of the importance of a facilitating environment.