Susan P Sherkow Author

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The Relationship Between Neuroscience and Internal Conflicts in a Psychodynamic Approach to the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Susan P Sherkow

The Sherkow Center, founded in 2012, applies a psychoanalytically-informed developmental approach to the understanding and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, adolescents and adults. The Sherkow Center Approach is rooted in models of ASD that integrate perspectives from neurobiology and the psychoanalytic model of developmental processes from birth through adulthood. These models outline the roles of neural connectivity and processing, along with intra-psychic and interpersonal dynamics, in the development, maintenance, and treatment of ASD. On the neurological level, autism appears to alter the ways that regions of the brain communicate with each other. For example, characteristic autistic deficits in social- emotional cognition and behavioral self-regulation appea... view more»

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