ABSTRACT

This book presents psychoanalytic thinking about the phenomenon of the couple and couple dynamics at different levels of organization: the "couple" in the individual's internal world, the dynamics between partners in a couple relationship, and the dynamics between the couple and the group.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|19 pages

Aggression, love, and the couple

chapter Chapter Two|14 pages

Narcissistic problems in sharing space

chapter Chapter Three|16 pages

Couples and primitive processes

chapter Chapter Six|17 pages

Couples becoming parents: a clinical example