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Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy as a Treatment for Depression in Adolescents: A Case Study

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  • Pilios-Dimitris Stavrou

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The present article is an in-depth analysis of the use of psychoanalytic psychotherapy as a therapeutic tool for depression in an adolescent suffering from depressive symptoms. Drawing from psychoanalytic theories on object relations, transitional space and object, transference and countertransference, psychoanalytic psychotherapy is employed as a treatment for depression and the therapeutic relationship is examined as the space that allows for an improvement on the adolescent's emotional state and well-being. The effects of therapy are analysed using phenomenology as a theoretical approach and are demonstrated here through the use of thematic analysis, which provides a detailed examination of the adolescent’s symptomatology prior and later the beginning of therapy.

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  • Pilios-Dimitris Stavrou, 2018. "Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy as a Treatment for Depression in Adolescents: A Case Study," Global Journal of Social Sciences Studies, Online Science Publishing, vol. 4(2), pages 91-101.
    • Handle: RePEc:onl:gjosss:v:4:y:2018:i:2:p:91-101:id:516
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