title: Mum's the word. Are we becoming silent on masturbation?
abstract: This paper explores the trend in contemporary child analytic technique away from addressing material related to masturbation. The author invites reconsideration of the value of timely, tactful exploration of a child's impulses, fantasies, and related conflicts. The analyst's resistances to open discussion of these are addressed, along with the limiting effect this may have on the patient feeling fully understood. Clinical examples are provided of analytic work with children from prelatency through preadolescence, whose symptoms range from neurotic conflict to more severe and early disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Child Therapy Course of The Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Denia G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007837:Latency Period, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008418:Masturbation / Q000523:psychology*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory