Anna Frejd (1895-1982), po rabotam kotoroj sostavlena dannaya kniga, izvestna ne tol'ko kak spodvizhnik i prodolzhatel' ucheniya svoego ottsa, no i kak osnovatel'nitsa novogo napravleniya v klinicheskoj praktike - detskogo psihoanaliza. Svoej issledovatel'skoj i nauchnoj deyatel'nost'yu A. Frejd dokazala, chto rebenok ne menee vzroslogo mozhet stradat' i nuzhdat'sya v pomoschi. Ona utverzhdaet chto detskij psihoanaliz trebuet spetsial'noj tehniki, poskol'ku v otlichie ot vzroslogo rebenok yavlyaetsya nezrelym, nesamostoyatel'nym i nezaschischennym suschestvom. Idejnoe i nauchnoe nasledie A. Frejd sostavlyaet sobranie sochinenij v 10 tomah. V dannuyu knigu vklyucheny klyuchevye raboty, v kotoryh otrazheny vzglyady A. Frejd na spetsifiku detskogo psihoanaliza i ego tehniku, etapy razvitiya rebenka, tipy detskoj psihopatologii, psihoanaliz rannego detstva, problemy, svyazannye s detskimi fantaziyami i agressiej, mehanizmy zaschity detskogo "YA," a takzhe voprosy vospitaniya i obrazovaniya. Dannaya kniga budet interesna studentam i prepodavatelyam psihologicheskih, pedagogicheskih, meditsinskih vuzov i fakul'tetov, a takzhe vsem tem, ch'ya professional'naya i lichnaya deyatel'nost' svyazana s vospitaniem i obrazovaniem detej, tem, kto pytaetsya ponyat' povedenie i dushu rebenka.
Noted Austrian-British psychoanalyst Anna Freud applied to child therapy.
Anna Freud, the sixth and last of Sigmund Freud and Martha Freud, followed the path of her father and contributed to the new field. Compared to her father, Freud's work emphasized the importance of the ego, and its ability to be trained socially.