• DOI:10.1080/0075417X.2011.581469
Corpus ID: 144589028

A little learning is a dangerous thing

@article{Russell2011ALL,
  title={A little learning is a dangerous thing},
  author={Jo Russell},
  journal={Journal of Child Psychotherapy},
  year={2011},
  volume={37},
  pages={163 - 178}
}

• Jo Russell
• Published 2011
• Psychology
• Journal of Child Psychotherapy

This paper examines the relationship between therapeutic progress and the patient's family or residential situation with reference to the intensive treatment of an adolescent boy who had a severe learning disability and moved placement five times within four years. The idea is explored that the capacity to be thoughtful about emotional distress and to be engaged in learning about one's own mental processes is dependent in part on the human context surrounding the individual. It is illuminated… Expand

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