Abstract
The focus of this paper is the clinical phenomenon of self-containment as it is observed in psychotherapeutic work with children and adolescents. Self-containment, it is argued, can be most usefully understood within the theoretical framework of the psychology of the self. A review of the theoretical literature, including a brief summary of self psychological therapy, is presented, along with two clinical examples derived from psychotherapy practice with children and adolescents. The critical distinction between resistance and self-containment is also discussed in detail, and furthe illustrated in the clinical material.
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