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Adolescents often experience psychological difficulties associated with the demands and changes of puberty. Humor can be an effective response to express troublesome emotions associated with aggression. Self-descriptions of an adolescent client demonstrate the value of a controlled use of humor in individual psychotherapy for certain persons in this developmental age period.
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