ABSTRACT
The narrative offered in a family or couple setting is never individual but is the collective final product of many narratives, or, better, it is a "co-narrative" built in the family field by all members interacting with each other and with the analyst. Anna Nicolo had to deal with the difference between the individual narratives produced in an individual analysis and the narratives created collectively by the family. Nicolo seems to focus only on the guilt that might be circulating in the family. The crucial disavowed narrative in Dr. Nicolo's case is the paternal grandmother's entrapment within her house—a tale that over the years had been substantially modified into a myth. The clinical material from Anna Nicolo clearly shows the psychoanalyst's primary concern. The revelation of an important secret alters both the device and the organization of the family.
