title: Bilinguals in psychotherapy: language as an emotional barrier.
abstract: The English-speaking clinician frequently evaluates and treats patients whose mother tongue is not English. This paper summarizes some of the evidence supporting an emotional-detachment effect associated with speaking in a second language and describes its implications for the psychotherapy of this population.
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007802:Language; D009068:Movement; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D011613:Psychotherapy; D014705:Verbal Behavior