Some techniques for working with resistant families of adolescents.
This paper reviews some of the causes of resistance in families of adolescents being seen in conjoint family therapy. Two main types of resistance are described: resistance due to excessively high anxiety and resistance due to excessively low anxiety. Techniques for dealing with such resistance are then discussed: first, directive techniques designed to lower or heighten anxiety and secondly, strategic techniques designed to exploit resistance to a therapeutic end.
D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000523:psychology; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011385:Projection; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent