The Shadow of Evil
Lang, Moshe, Family Therapy Networker
NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS BEGINNING WORK AS A child psychologist, one of my first patients was Shirley, a shy, 8-year-old girl who was brought to my office by her worried parents because she refused to take showers and hated the very sight and smell of bar soap. While she consented to bathe, she began to cry and shake whenever her parents tried to get her to take a shower, fighting them off and running to hide in a closet, where she huddled and whimpered until they gave up. Her parents had already consulted a number of mental health experts, who made various guesses about the cause of her problem (mostly having to do with unresolved oedipal conflicts), but were unable to explain the …
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Publication information:
Article title: The Shadow of Evil.
Contributors: Lang, Moshe - Author.
Magazine title: Family Therapy Networker.
Volume: 19.
Issue: 5
Publication date: September/October 1995.
Page number: 54.
© Psychotherapy Networker, Inc. Nov/Dec 1996.
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