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A Modified Trier Social Stress Test for Vulnerable Mexican American Adolescents
Published on: July 10, 2017
[Transcultural countertransference: A clinical tool for supporting adolescents]
Cindy Kerdreux Ratajczak1, Alice Titia Rizzi2
1Pôle Milieu Ouvert, 11 boulevard de Sébastopol, 75001 Paris, France.
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Educational work in child protection confronts professionals with particularly intense transference and countertransference dynamics. A clinical case illustrates how cultural countertransference sheds light on the difficulties of forming alliances between families, institutions, and adolescents in vulnerable situations. The development of these internal movements, supported by mediation, makes it possible to transform the educational posture into a space for decentering, affiliation, and co-construction.
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