| Adolescence and Delinquency: An Object-Relations Theory Approach Contributor(s): Brodie, Bruce R. Ph. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765704749 ISBN-13: 9780765704740 Publisher: Jason Aronson OUR PRICE: $55.44 Product Type: Paperback - 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: 0.61" H x 6.08" W x 8.84" (0.69 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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. |