Therapy Approaches for Persons with Mental Retardation

Individual, group and family therapies are effective treatment modalities in meeting the mental health needs of persons with mental retardation. This book addresses various approaches and theoretical frameworks intended to provide the reader with an understanding of therapeutic techniques. Topics include behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapy interventions, issues of transference and counter transference, the dynamics of group, family and individual therapies, treatment of suicidal ideation, and providing psychotherapy for the sex offender.