Evaluating the systematic use of humor in psychotherapy with adolescents.
Adolescents often experience psychological difficulties associated with the demands and changes of puberty. Humor can be an effective response to express troublesome emotions associated with aggression. Self-descriptions of an adolescent client demonstrate the value of a controlled use of humor in individual psychotherapy for certain persons in this developmental age period.
D000293:Adolescent; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic