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Published Online: 2006, pp. 1–109

Developmentally Impaired Boys Coming of Age

Owen Lewis, M.D. [email protected]Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 60, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.1.37

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Psychotherapy for children with significant developmental impairments often focuses on specific, symptom-targeted treatments. While often effective, these treatments do not address the impaired view these children have of themselves. Adolescence and the struggles to come to terms with sexuality, present a unique opportunity for the psycho dynamically oriented therapist to confirm what is normal and expand domains of relatedness.

The cases of three boys are described in which the therapy played a vital role in normalizing their adolescent experiences. These boys carried diagnoses of Asperger’s Syndrome, Aspergers’s with Bipolar Disorder, and Multidimensionally Impaired. With more of a sense of normalcy about their drives, as well as the pressure of the drives themselves, these boys were able to establish both sexual and friendship relationships beyond expectations.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 60 • Number 1 • 2006, pp. 1–109

Pages: 37 - 51

PubMed: 16770915

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Published in print: 2006, pp. 1–109

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Owen Lewis, M.D. [email protected]

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

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Mailing Address: 11 East 87^th Street, New York, NY 10128. E-mail: [email protected]

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Developmentally Impaired Boys Coming of Age

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