ABSTRACT
In this time of vulnerable marriages and partnerships, many couples seek help for their relationships. Psychoanalytic couple therapy is a growing application of psychoanalysis for which training is not usually offered in most psychoanalytic and analytic psychotherapy programs. This book is both an advanced text for therapists and a primer for new students of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Its twenty-eight chapters cover the major ideas underlying the application of psychoanalysis to couple therapy, many clinical illustrations of cases and problems in various dimensions of the work. The international group of authors comes from the International Psychotherapy Institute based in Washington, DC, and the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (TCCR) in London. The result is a richly international perspective that nonetheless has theoretical and clinical coherence because of the shared vision of the authors.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|122 pages
Fundamental Principles of Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy
part II|90 pages
Assessment And Treatment
chapter Eleven|6 pages
The couple state of mind and some aspects of the setting in couple psychotherapy
chapter Fourteen|12 pages
Projection, introjection, intrusive identification, adhesive identification
part III|53 pages
Understanding and Treating Sexual Issues
part IV|68 pages
Special Topics