Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to discuss the work of Dr Valerie Sinason and her contribution to working with people with an intellectual disability with psychotherapy.
Design/methodology/approach
Dr Valerie Sinason is a psychoanalyst, and the author is trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Findings
The author believes there is important value in reading Valerie Sinason's contribution to the literature of psychotherapy with people with intellectual disabilities.
Originality/value
It is a review of Sinason’s contribution, and the author believes she's very original and important thinker.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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