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This paper presents an initial hour of therapy with 17 1/2 year old David, illustrating his distinctive experience, endowments, vulnerabilities and resiliencies. This first encounter permits a glimpse into typical adolescent conflicts and issues, how newer theoretical perspectives guide clinical thinking and technique, and the ways in which sociocultural forces intertwine with personal experience.
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Cooper, S. David: The first hour in the assessment and treatment of an adolescent. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 5, 218–228 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00817539
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