News: Psychoanalysis as an Additional Treatment for Autism

While early Intervention, including ABA, speech therapy, physical therapy, and social intervention is crucial in the treatment of autism, psychoanalysis is proving to be a useful adjunct therapy. A psychoanalyst working with the child and parents together and separately can act as a "translator" for mood, behavior, and emotion. Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. , a NY psychoanalyst, explains, "A major piece is to make sense of what the child is trying to communicate, translate it to the mother, and give her the confidence that she can do it, too."

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