Adolescence is one of the turning points in everyone's life. A period of change, of building the identity of the person. It is itself characterized by dynamics, both in the physical and mental development of people. Adolescence may contain some of the most dramatic and at the same time the most romantic moments for some people. These facts probably motivate many practitioners and scholars to investigate various aspects of it.
The monograph is valuable for showing the unique real personal stories, as well as for the good example of self-reflection, self-criticism and professional ethics.
The present monograph not only reveals an aspect of the problem, but also stimulates reflections in this direction. Provoking the reader's thinking about the prospects for such developments is also an original point for which we admire Veronika Ivanova.
CONTENTS
| REVIEW
by Prof. Ivan Alexandrov, PhD, clinical psychologist Medical University "Prof. Dr. P. Stoyanov" - Varna UMBAL "St. Marina" - Varna |
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| REVIEW
by Associate Professor Diana Stancheva Dimitrova, Doctor of Psychology. Medical University "Prof. Dr. P. Stoyanov" - Varna |
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| FROM THE AUTHOR | 13 |
| INTRODUCTION | 16 |
| CHAPTER ONE. THEORETICAL ASPECTS IN RESEARCHING FAMILY DYNAMICS IN ADOLESCENCE | 18 |
| 1.1. Adolescence in the norm | 18 |
| 1.2. Some parental reactions that lead to problems in contact with the teenager | 23 |
| 1.3. Family dynamics during adolescence – psychoanalytic aspects | 25 |
| 1.4. Adolescent psychopathology | 37 |
| 1.5. Models of family functioning in systems theories | 46 |
| 1.6. Family dynamics in various psychopathological manifestations | 64 |
| CHAPTER TWO. RESEARCH METHODS | 100 |
| 2.1. Psychotherapeutic interview | 100 |
| 2.2. Projective methods and their application in understanding the adolescent and his relationships in the family | 101 |
| 2.3. Validation and norming of the Beavers Model Family Relations Scale | 113 |
| CHAPTER THREE. PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC FUNCTION-NAL DIAGNOSIS IN ADOLESCENTS | 124 |
| 3.1. Kernberg's Levels of Personality Functioning-Neurotic, Borderline, and Psychotic Levels of Personality Functioning | 127 |
| 3.2. Typology of adolescence in the psychotherapeutic diagnosis of personality organization | 131 |
| CHAPTER FOUR. ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING IN A HOSPITAL SETTING | 156 |
| 4.1. Psychotherapy borderline states of the adolescent personality | 157 |
| 4.2. Psychotherapy in psychotic personality states | 167 |
| 4.3. Psychotherapy of adolescent psychoses | 169 |
| 4.4. Crisis counseling for suicide attempts | 182 |
| CONCLUSION | 185 |
