The abuse of Siblings: A case study proposal

Senior Project Proposal Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree

The proposed project will investigate the abuse of siblings by a now 16-year old adolescent. For the past 18 months, this researcher has provided psychotherapy to the patient, who for the purposes of this project is referred to as "Arthur". Arthur's abusive behavior toward his siblings involved children (one boy and one girl) who are younger than he is (the brother is now nine years old and the sister is now 12 years old). Arthur's abusive behavior involved both physical violence and sexual contact.

Development of qualifications by this researcher to perform the psychotherapy involved study at the Union Institute, Los Angeles Center. These studies included the following topics:

Clinical and technical applications of Primal theory

Self-primalling and its danger: Abreaction and overload

Recognizing defenses and secondary feelings

Brain development and its implication for psychotherapy, treatments in general and specifically for Primal Therapy

The brain, neurotransmitters and structures relevant to Primal Therapy

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aspect of human functioning required an understanding of the origins of and transitions undergone in such functioning. Vygotsky (1981) also contended that higher mental functioning within an individual has its origins in social life. Vygotsky's (1981) general genetic law of cultural development holds that à any function in the child's cultural development appears twice, or on two planes. First it appears on the social plane, and then on the psychological plane. First it appears between people as an interpsychological category, and then within the child as an intrapsychological category. This is equally true with regard to involuntary attention, logical memory, the formation of concepts, the development of volition. (p. 163) Vygotsky's (1981) concept of semiotic mediation involves three basic elements: an account of the historical, social-institutional, and cultural settings of a society; an analysis of the semiotic mediation that reflects and constitutes this setting; and an account of the intrapsychological correlates that derive from mastering the forms of semiotic mediation. In part, the cognitive development theories of Piaget and Vygotsky may "be viewed as providing distinctive but generally complementary accounts of
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