title: Issues unique to psychotherapy with adolescent girls.
abstract: New research on development and risk factors has increased our knowledge of adolescent girls and given those of us working with them more available information to aid our understanding of psychotherapy. Advancing social theory has also promoted an understanding of the problems that adolescent girls begin to face including gender discrimination and conflict around social roles. Educated therapists can utilize this information with their adolescent female patients, providing knowledge about choices available to girls and promoting understanding and problem-solving. Growing knowledge about the importance of relationships for this population also informs us about the therapeutic alliance. In summary, therapists working with adolescent girls face many challenges and also have increasing access to information that can aid them with this process.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Medical School, San Francisco.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ponton
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D001828:Body Image; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011627:Puberty / Q000523:psychology