In a message dated 97-05-04 08:44:45 EDT, you write:

> He said he'd like therapy
>with me since it would give him a chance to get out of the RTC once in a
>while.  I don't detect any genuine therapeutic interests on his part.  On
the
>contrary, he has strong feelings of entitlement, he sees himself as having
>gotten "shafted" by the legal system, and he shows little, if any remorse,

I will take the unpopular position of saying that this is perhaps his
pathology and if anyone is to give it a go with him in psychotherapy then
this is the condition under which the therapy will start. I am not suggesting
that you should offer him anything more than you have. In fact I give you
credit for the interest you have shown him. I simply want to log that he is
who he is and one might have to accept who he is in order to get started. I
do believe that in some ways the legal system that may in a sense be a
representative of the father and the paternal order for this young man may
indeed be corrupt in his experience ( see that father was not such a prince).
If it wern't for his violent potential I think it might be easier for us all
to think more about the symbolic meaning of his preoccupations and to help
him understand himself though it might be difficult even not possible.

J Cronin
chicago