title: "Don't tell us--show us": the use of role play in the teaching of psychoanalytic theory.
abstract: The psychological concepts associated with psychoanalysis are sometimes considered to be precious and somewhat irrelevant by professionals working with disturbed adolescents. Discussions (at a theoretical level) of these ideas may not highlight their usefulness in clinical situations. This paper describes the use of active role play techniques in a staff training group designed to teach about the "Inner World of the Adolescent". The fundamental features of "transference" and "counter-transference" were brought alive during these groups, and several other theoretical contributions of modern psychoanalysis were demonstrated within the setting of a training session. These groups were not intended to train "therapists", but to support and improve existing styles of work with adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Battersea Child Guidance Unit, London.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003379:Countertransference; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000193:education; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011577:Psychodrama; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012381:Role Playing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014167:Transference, Psychology