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May 17, 2016
While the complex dynamic of gift giving within the therapeutic process has been reported on and explored, it has been done so sporadically and on a minimal basis. It has been explored almost exclusively within the psychotherapist to adult patient frame, ignoring significantly the parallel psychotherapeutic process between the psychotherapist and child/adolescent patient. This presentation will examine existing clinical literature with primary emphasis on psychological and psychotherapeutic indications, contraindications, meaning(s), and dynamics within the clinical context of gift giving to children and adolescents within a therapeutic relationship. Various psychotherapeutic domains will be discussed in this examination including: child/adolescent’s psychological trauma history; clinician countertransference and symbolic meaning of gift.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
- Examine the clinical meaning and intent (of the potential) to give a psychologically traumatized child/adolescent a “therapeutic gift” within the psychotherapeutic process.
- Examine through (personal) countertransference the therapists’ consideration and reflection to want to give a “therapeutic gift” to a psychologically traumatized child/adolescent.
- Consider clinical indications/contraindications, complications, and meaning of providing a “therapeutic gift” to a psychologically traumatized child/adolescent at significant points in his/her life during the psychotherapeutic process; e.g., birthday, graduation, holiday, and termination/ending of treatment.
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