Responsiveness in Psychotherapy with Antisocial Adolescents

George A. Awad, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 39, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1985.39.4.490

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Creating a “therapeutic situation” is a necessary condition for any type of psychotherapy. Antisocial adolescents often come from disturbed and chaotic backgrounds and present as behaviorally disturbed and deprived. One of the necessary ingredients in creating a therapeutic situation with them includes being responsive to them. The meaning of responsiveness, within a psychodynamic frame, is defined and its applications and limitations are explored.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 39 • Number 4 • 1985, pp. 451–609

Pages: 490 - 498

PubMed: 4083369

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Published in print: 1985, pp. 451–609

Published online: 30 April 2018

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George A. Awad, M.D.^*

Toronto, Ont.

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Director, Family Court Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 950 Yonge Street, 8th floor, Toronto, Ontario M4W 2J4, Canada.

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Responsiveness in Psychotherapy with Antisocial Adolescents

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