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Special Section: The Adolescent Experience: From Omnipotence to Delinquency

David Millar

University of Essex, UK. david.millar{at}nemhpt.nhs.uk

This paper attempts to look at the adolescent experience as a kind of tertiary stage of omnipotent development. If this ‘third time lucky’ scenario is played out against a benign or benevolent background then more ordinary development ensues. If met with belligerence, fear or retaliation then a route to delinquency may be opened up. An adolescent therapy group is used to illustrate this thesis.

Key Words: omnipotence • adolescent experience • unconscious experience

Group Analysis, Vol. 39, No. 1, 37-49 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316406055394
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