Panel 12 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Children and Adolescents
Featuring Claudia Black, Ph.D.; Stella Chess, M.D.; Cloe Madanes, Lic. Psychol.; and Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.
Moderated by Brent Geary, PhD.
We shall discuss one of the most frequent family processes leading to adolescent psychosis. As a direct consequence of the couple's hidden relational malaise, one of the two parents pseudo-privileges the child over the spouse and instrumentally brings him/her up as the opposite of the spouse in every way. The involuntary cheating about feelings ("imbroglio of affections") enhances the possibility of a psychotic breakdown.
Today and in the immediate future, short-term therapy is a major available treatment for most clients. In this paper, I will discuss the use of Short-Term Redecision Therapy in the resolution of major childhood traumas, such as physical, sexual, and mental abuse. In Redecision Therapy, the client remembers, re-enacts, uses therapeutically, and then discards these early traumatic scenes.
Workshop 02 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 - Treating Adolescent Psychoses.
Featuring Mara Selvini Palazzoli, MD, with co-faculty Dott. Matteo Selvini.
This workshop will discuss the need for integrating family therapy with individual treatment of the patient.
Educational Objectives:
To describe the adolescent passive-aggressive defense (borderline)
To know how to use confrontation to deal with passive-aggressive defenses