The Body in Adolescence: Psychic Isolation and Physical Symptoms

by Mary Brady

Book Overview

The Body in Adolescence: Psychic Isolation and Physical Symptoms examines the affective experience of psychic isolation as an important and painful element of adolescent development. Mary Brady begins by discussing how psychic isolation, combined with the intensity of adolescent processes, can leave adolescents unable to articulate their experience. She then shows how the therapist can understand and help adolescents whose difficulty with articulation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138797766
• ISBN13: 9781138797765
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"