Jul. 05' : Parental defence mechanisms: clinical situations
Dolors Torres i Jordi
Psychologist Centre de Desenvolupament Infantil i Atenció Primerenca (CDIAP) of Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down (FCSD).
Correspondence to:
Sra. Dolors Torres
Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down
c/ Comte Borrell, 201-203, entresuelo
08029 Barcelona, Spain
Article received: 30-May-05
Abstract
The Centre de Desenvolupament Infantil i Atenció Primerenca (CDIAP: Child Development and Early Attention Centre) of Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down (FCSD) caters for children with developmental disorders from birth to six years. This paper considers the anxiety felt by parents upon consulting this service, together with the defence mechanisms, resistances and other parental reactions that might arise during treatment.
This article sets out to foster and develop an understanding of these situations so that the therapist can help parents to form a mental picture of their grief and symbolise it, thereby helping them to carry out their parental function.
Keywords: Anxiety. Early attention. Centre de Desenvolupament Infantil i Atenció Primerenca. Defense mechanisms. Resistance.
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Psychologist Centre de Desenvolupament Infantil i Atenció Primerenca (CDIAP) of Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down (FCSD).
Correspondence to:
Sra. Dolors Torres
Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down
c/ Comte Borrell, 201-203, entresuelo
08029 Barcelona, Spain
Article received: 30-May-05
Abstract
The Centre de Desenvolupament Infantil i Atenció Primerenca (CDIAP: Child Development and Early Attention Centre) of Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down (FCSD) caters for children with developmental disorders from birth to six years. This paper considers the anxiety felt by parents upon consulting this service, together with the defence mechanisms, resistances and other parental reactions that might arise during treatment.
This article sets out to foster and develop an understanding of these situations so that the therapist can help parents to form a mental picture of their grief and symbolise it, thereby helping them to carry out their parental function.
Keywords: Anxiety. Early attention. Centre de Desenvolupament Infantil i Atenció Primerenca. Defense mechanisms. Resistance.
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