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Intra‐psychic conflicts and parent‐child interactions in brief therapeutic interventions
Author(s) -
Espasa Francisco Palacio,
Manzano Juan
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0355(198724)8:4<374::aid-imhj2280080406>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - psychic , intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , psychology , psychotherapist , personality , conflict resolution , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , law
Brief Therapeutic Intervention (BTI) emphasizes interpretations of the dynamics and conflicts that underlie parent‐child relationships and sharing of such interpretations with parents. BTI is most effective in resolving familial conflicts that involve functional or behavioral disorders. It is less effective for severe personality disorders. Clinical material illustrates instances in which BTI led to successful resolution of problems that involved familial interactions, in which it was of limited effectiveness, and in which it was contraindicated. In part, the success of BTI is related to various aspects of parental psychic life, in particular, parental bereavement, projection, and counter‐projection.