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I Recently Worked on an Apartment Renovation with a Wonderful architect, whose talent, I later realized, is much like that of a good psychoanalyst. She could look at a space and see its potential—how to maximize the light and the interesting angles and also how to problem solve in the moment as we went along with the construction.
These are talents that are critical to adolescent treatment, and all three of our speakers highlight certain aspects of this architectural process.
Dr. Cohen demonstrates how valuable it is to think in a multitheoretical fashion when conceptualizing an adolescent treatment—and how critical it is to be open to employing various theoretical models in the same case at different points in the treatment. She particularly focuses on the role of the parents in an adolescent treatment, as does Dr. Rubin, although whereas Dr. Cohen makes clear that it is, at times, necessary to bring the parents into the treatment, even when the treatment may be primarily an individual one, Dr. Rubin aptly shows us how important it may be to keep the adolescent's treatment individual, for the presence of the parents may be an impediment to the adolescent's growth. He also reminds us of the necessity to remain flexible—perhaps more flexible than we might be in working with adults. I might take issue with this particular aspect of Dr. Rubin's presentation; I believe that work with adolescents does require flexibility, but I also believe that work with adults requires a similar flexibility. Indeed, it is often in the midst of adolescent issues in