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Expanding the Clinical Utility of the Concept of Developmental Help to Engage the Severely Disturbed Adult Patient in a Psychoanalytic Process
Author(s) -
Daldin Herman
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1994.tb00685.x
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , psychology , psychological intervention , process (computing) , psychotherapist , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
SUMMARY In this paper I demonstrate the clinical utility of techniques referred to as ‘developmental help’ in the psychotherapeutic process with a very disturbed adult patient. The proximal goal of the suggested interventions is to engage the patient in a more ‘classical’ psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Case material and discussion are provided to clarify and show how these interventions facilitate the process of engaging these difficult to treat patients.