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Short therapy of a child with Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome *
Author(s) -
Prata Giuliana,
Masson Odette
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1985.00691.x
Subject(s) - tourette syndrome , intervention (counseling) , psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , tourette's syndrome , psychoanalysis , humanities , philosophy
This paper describes a three‐hour intervention with a family whose younger son, aged four, was brought for consultation for Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome. The theoretical elaboration of the intervention is discussed so as to elucidate the therapeutic effect of the session leading to the lasting eradication of the symptoms.