title: Transformational processes and therapeutic action: what David knew.
abstract: The often neglected nonlinear dimension of the developmental process is described and its usefulness in the consulting room will be highlighted by a clinical example of the psychoanalytic treatment of an adolescent. The concept of transformation and its linkage with nonlinearity and discontinuity are also outlined.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Psychoanalytic Education, NYU Langone School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lament
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*