Adolescence and Delinquency: An Object-Relations Theory Approach Contributor(s): Brodie, Bruce R. Ph. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765704730 ISBN-13: 9780765704733 Publisher: Jason Aronson OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: This book applies modern object-relations theory to a population for which the treatment du jour is increasingly cognitive-behavioral. Taking his lead from the delinquent adolescents in his practice, he presents a treatment approach in which adolescents are related to as people, rather than as transitory objects passing through a 'stage.' The book presents theory and case examples in a dialectical relationship, illuminating the seamlessness of theory and application. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Psychology | Developmental - Adolescent - Psychology | Education & Training |
Dewey: 616.890 |
LCCN: 2006037922 |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.34" W x 9.04" (0.93 lbs) 192 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book applies modern object relations theory-particularly the concept of intersubjectivity as articulated by Thomas Ogden-to a population for which the "treatment du jour" is increasingly cognitive-behavioral. Taking his lead from the delinquent adolescents in his practice, Dr. Brodie presents a treatment approach based on respect rather than condescension. Adolescents are related to as people, rather than as transitory objects passing through a 'stage.' Rather than judging their feelings and behaviors as "aberrant," the author views them as having emerged out of the complex matrix of his patients' lives. Adolescence and Delinqucney: An Object Relations Theory Approach is less an attempt to apply object relations theory to a particular population than it is an attempt to illuminate the seamlessness of theory and application. Theory and case examples are presented in a dialectical relationship, psychological theory having no meaning other than an attempt to understand real people, and the people we work with are unintelligible outside some systematic frame of reference. |