Psychotherapy with the younger adolescent girl: more than an intellectual exercise for the therapist
Lamb, D.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 43(5): 206-209
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689 PMID: 7076633 Document Number: 192023
The author discusses the inappropriateness of insight psychotherapy with interpretative interventions in the treatment of young adolescent girls. Instead, these patients need help with strengthening their internal controls and in gaining a feeling of competence to deal with life's problem. Thus they develop a sense of mastery in both these crucial areas. Ways of achieving these goals are described.