Can a therapist conduct a successful psychotherapy in a foreign language?

Journal title RUOLO TERAPEUTICO (IL)
Author/s Nicoletta Schiavo
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/124 Language Italian
Pages 8 P. 13-20 File size 292 KB
DOI 10.3280/RT2013-124003
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The author uses clinical cases to recount her experience working with patients from other countries. Working in a language other than one’s own, perceived at the beginning as a possible obstacle, turns out instead to be a valid possibility for communicating with the patient using a language even more meaningful than one with only words

Keywords: Psychotherapy and cultural differences, psychotherapy in a foreign language, non verbal communication, psychoanalysis as practice

Nicoletta Schiavo, Un terapeuta può condurre con successo una psicoterapia in una lingua straniera? in "RUOLO TERAPEUTICO (IL)" 124/2013, pp 13-20, DOI: 10.3280/RT2013-124003