Modified techniques for therapy with inarticulate adolescents.
In attempting psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adolescents who lack a verbal orientation, the essential mode of interaction between patient and therapist is substantially weakened. Certain modifications of therapeutic techniques, needed because of nonorganic language impairment--one psychologic consequence of a cognitively and emotionally disadvantaged life situation--are suggested.
D000293:Adolescent; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D003142:Communication; D003463:Cues; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014705:Verbal Behavior