A Young Child Who Witnessed Her Mother’s Murder: Therapeutic and Legal Considerations
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Vol. 38 (1) , 132-145
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.132
Abstract
We call attention to the problems of children who witness parental murder by presenting the treatment of a four-year-old girl. Complex therapeutic and legal dilemmas in such cases require dual roles of the clinician as therapist and as legal advocate for the child.Keywords
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