Using Narrative Theory and Self Psychology Within a Multigenerational Family Systems Perspective

SUMMARY. This paper illustrates how a process of psychoanalytic psychotherapy can be enhanced and extended by combining ideas from narrative theory and self psychology within a multigenerational family systems perspective. The illustration is based on a summary and discussion of a satisfactorily completed thirty-session psychotherapy for an adult man who sought therapy for relief from his depression. [Article copies available from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: getinfo@haworth.com].