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Involving Individuals with Developmental Language Disorder and Their Parents/Carers in Research Priority Setting
Published on: June 6, 2020
[Language countertransference]
Amalini Simon1, Hawa Camara2, Alice Titia Rizzi2
1Maison de Solenn-Maison des adolescents de Cochin, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, CESP, Inserm 1178, AEIP, 97, boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France; Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, 125, rue de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
Abstract:
In the transcultural approach, emphasis is placed on cultural countertransference in order to account for caregivers' implicit and explicit reactions with regard to patients and their history. As language is a constitutive element of culture, linguistic countertransference must be granted a place, in care, research and teaching.
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