Various theoretical models of adolescence are dis cussed, and the author suggests that in delinquent girls the normal adolescent task of forming a sense of identity followed by inti macy is reversed; they 'jump' the stage of identity to intimacy; the girl who has usually suffered rejection or 'branding' in some form or other by her family, hopes to find herself by having relationships. Group hypnosis can frequently be used to uncover deep seated traumas, which can then be faced together in the group.
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