Misdiagnosis of the Gifted
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Mary Rocamora
Mary
Rocamora,
M.A., is the founder and director of The
Rocamora School in Los Angeles, CA. She has been a consultant in private practice for the past 14 years, specializing in working
with
gifted adults, many of whom are in the entertainment industry.
By Mary Rocamora
Published on 02/24/2006
It is because these gifted children
and adults have a finely tuned
psychological
structure and an organized awareness that they experience all of life
differently
and more Intensely than those around them.
These
characteristics, however, are frequently
perceived by psychotherapists and others as evidence of a mental
disturbance
because most of the population lacks accurate information about the
special
characteristics of gifted individuals, couples and families.