[Psychoanalytically based psychotherapy in childhood and adolescents from the viewpoint of expert assessment].

Depth psychologically founded or analytically psychotherapy with children and adolescents is not only a question of the respective "Fachkunde", a variable referring to the therapist and his training. Aspects of differential indication and effective factors pertaining to psychoanalytic techniques must also be taken into consideration. There are different techniques which should be conceptulized as a continuum. The effective factors vary in their impact. It seems problematic to distinguish between single discrete techniques. Depth psychologically founded psychotherapy with children and adolescents is a technique characterized by a limited goal which can be formulated in a "focus". Special emphasis has to be laid on the environment and the present state of development. First findings from a workshop on focal psychotherapy with children and adolescents at the Psychoanalytischen Institut Bremen, are discussed by case illustration.