Psychodynamically Oriented Psychotherapy in Autism

Abstract

(from the chapter) begin by establishing the common ground between cognitive and psychodynamic theories of autism and also take up the more salient criticisms levelled at psychotherapy and psychoanalysis present a brief outline of contemporary and post-Freudian, theoretical developments and their relevance to the understanding of autistic phenomena consider the applications of such thinking-to clinical practice in individual treatment, to the problems of management in institutions and also to the further development of the theory of borderline and psychotic conditions (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)