The adolescent

Itay Lahav

doi:10.9791/ajpanz.2010.05

Itay Lahav

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9791/ajpanz.2010.05

Abstract

In this article I attempt to address some core questions about psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adolescents. Is adolescent turmoil inevitable? Some think it is, and generate their understanding from psychoanalytic investigation in the therapeutic relationship. Others disagree, and base their argument on psychological research. Why is it that different conclusions are reached, and what do each mean by adolescent turmoil? In this context, what are the implications of psychotherapy in the adolescent period, and what factors need to be considered in deciding on psychotherapy? Finally, what might adolescent psychotherapy look like?

Author Biography

Itay Lahav

As recorded in 2010.

Itay Lahav is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He primarily works with adults in his private practice in Upper Hutt, but also works at the Youth Specialty Service at Hutt Hospital. Itay was born in Israel, and moved to South Africa in his mid- twenties. He started his training in South Africa in the field of mind-body medicine and HIV/AIDS. This included providing therapy to children in an orphanage who had been abandoned by the pandemic. Itay immigrated to New Zealand in 2002 with his wife, Natalie, who is a clinical psychologist. ltay has completed the graduate diploma in Child Psychotherapy with Monash University since being in New Zealand. He has an interest in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, with particular investment in Kleinian theory and practice.