Repairing Intimacy: An Object Relations Approach to Couples Therapy: An Object Relations Approach to Couples Therapy (The Library of Object Relations) - Tapa blanda

Siegel, Judith

 
9781568217628: Repairing Intimacy: An Object Relations Approach to Couples Therapy: An Object Relations Approach to Couples Therapy (The Library of Object Relations)
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ISBN 10: 1568217625 ISBN 13: 9781568217628
Editorial: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1995

Sinopsis

By drawing upon object relations concepts, the couples therapist is able to work with both the intrapsychic makeup of the partners and their ways of relating as a couple.

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Judith Siegel, Ph.D., is associate professor at the New York University School of Social Work.

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Couples therapy is greatly enhanced when both the intrapsychic and interpersonal realms can be utilized. Object relations theory allows linkages between the spouses subjective realities and their relationship in a way that allows the two worlds to be mutually informing. In this book the theories of the American object relations theorists are applied to couple dynamics. The representational world is used to explain how primitive defense mechanisms and other intrapsychic phenomena contribute to marital conflict. The structure, function, and content of the representational world all contribute to spousal expectations and the couple's capacity for intimacy. Esteem, soothing, and the propensity for splitting strongly affect the ways in which spouses interact. Projective identifications similarly provide explanations of the couple's interaction, internalized conflicts, and relationships with earlier objects. This book explains how object relations concepts can be used in assessment and in planning treatment goals. Treatment can provide stability or help the couple relate to each other with deepened understanding. Object relations dynamics can help therapists assess which treatment objectives and goals are most applicable to the couples they treat. The beginning and middle phases of couples treatment are given special consideration and include issues such as assessing the couple's commitment to each other and the importance of empathic listening. Other treatment topics include analysis of projective identification and the use of countertransference. Planned and unplanned terminations are also explored. In each treatment section case material is provided to explicate the therapist's role. Thebook also examines common therapy issues from an object relations perspective. These include the consequences and advantages of conjoint, concurrent, and collateral treatment approaches. Consideration is also given to the choice of focusing on the couple when the initial presenting problem is the family or an individual. Individual psychotherapy and family therapy can no longer be viewed as competing and disparate treatment approaches. This book creates an integrated approach so that couples can be understood in their totality.

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Editorial
Jason Aronson, Inc.
Año de publicación
1995
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1568217625
ISBN 13 
9781568217628
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
294
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9780876684597: Repairing Intimacy: An Object Relations Approach to Couples Therapy (The Library of Object Relations)

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ISBN 10:  0876684592 ISBN 13:  9780876684597
Editorial: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1992
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