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For a therapy that concerns itself with function over topography, devoting a chapter to functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) and adolescents presents some challenges. In this chapter we begin with a discussion of adolescence, and why it matters when engaging in FAP. Following that exploration we turn our attention to the important procedural aspects of assessment and on-going case conceptualization with this challenging population. The heart of this chapter is the practice of FAP with adolescents, which lends itself to a discussion of the problems and pratfalls we have experienced in this endeavor.
It would be absurd to deny that there are such things as childhood and adolescence, at least in our society, but we need to bear in mind the historical, cultural and social nature of the categories, if only to remain alert to the many different ways in which childhood and adolescence are understood and experienced within a society. ( Gordon , 2000, p. 342)
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Newring, R.W., Parker, C.R., Newring, K.A.B. (2010). FAP Strategies and Ideas for Working with Adolescents . In: Kanter, J., Tsai, M., Kohlenberg, R. (eds) The Practice of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5830-3_11
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