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Author Jools, Penny, editor

Title Working with Developmental Anxieties in Couple and Family Psychotherapy : the Family Within / editors, Noela Byrne, Jenny Berg
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Contents Working with Developmental Anxieties in Couple and Family Psychotherapy- Front Cover -- Working with Developmental Anxieties in Couple and Family Psychotherapy -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Permissions acknowledgement -- Notes on contributors -- Editors -- Contributors -- PART I: Theory and practice -- Introduction -- Confidentiality -- References -- Chapter 1: The couple and family in mind -- Emma and her family -- The nature of early object relationships -- Mrs Klein and her opposing breasts
Klein and processes of incorporation: depressive level functioningBion and containment -- Winnicott and Holding -- Fairbairn, splitting and endopsychic structure -- Summary -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The developmental framework: how couples and families grow -- Introduction -- What is anxiety? -- Developmental anxieties and their defences -- Xanthe and her family -- Autistic-contiguous anxieties -- Narcissistic anxieties and defences -- The narcissistic marriage and the Autistic-Contiguous Position -- Paranoid-schizoid anxieties
Hiltonâ#x80;#x99;s affair: Oedipal rage, mayhem and murderDepressive position anxieties -- Unresolved depressive position anxieties: narcissistic defences used -- Working through to the depressive position: mourning the loss of the idealised (exciting) father -- Ending therapy -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: The dynamics of coupledom -- Marriage as a psychological container -- Normal tensions in marriage -- Dynamics of marital pairings -- Martin and Frances -- Idealisation
The narcissistic dynamics of idealisation and devaluation implicit in Fairbairnâ#x80;#x99;s endopsychic structureConjoint personality: early conceptualisation of narcissistic object relations in couples -- Narcissistic defences -- Other conceptualisations of narcissisticobject relations -- The significance of introjective identification -- Shared unconscious phantasy -- Oedipal issues -- Attachment -- The creative couple -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Containment and its challenges -- What do we mean by containment? -- Containment and developmental anxieties
The work of containing: how we keep the couple or family in mindThe work of containing: narcissistic relating in couples -- Termination in couple and family psychotherapy -- References -- Chapter 5: Finding the patient in couple and family psychotherapy -- Transference, counter-transference and the use of the self -- Conclusions -- References -- PART II: Case studies in developmental anxieties -- Introduction to Part II -- So where does Part II of the book take us? -- References
""Chapter 6: A bad moment with the light: considering the impact of autistic-contiguous anxieties in couplesâ#x80;#x99; sexual difficulties""
Summary "The family begins with the parental couple; it is they who create the family. This book explores the way in which the child or any member of the family can carry unresolved projections arising from the parents' families of origin: their?family within, and the difficulties this internal family presents for the therapist. The model developed in this book explores psychoanalytically based ideas about infant development and applies them to the internal world of couples and families. It presents both a clear explanation of these theories as well as case histories that show how these ideas work in practice. The developmental model presented offers an original perspective on the wide range of problems that many couple and family therapists struggle with. These problems can be understood in the context of the family within, the way in which the family of origin dynamics have been internalised. This shared understanding between the couple and family and the therapist provides a path to greater maturity and therefore a greater capacity to cope with life's vicissitudes. Working with Developmental Anxieties in Couple and Family Psychotherapy presents both a clear theoretical framework for understanding the development of the couple and family, and a practical application for these ideas. Case studies bring the model to life through illustrating both the problems of the family or couple and the difficulties of the work. It will appeal to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, couples and family therapists."--Provided by publisher
Subject Psychoanalysis.
Anxiety Disorders -- therapy
Family Relations -- psychology
Psychoanalytic Theory
Family Therapy -- methods
Couples Therapy -- methods
Psychoanalysis
psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis
Form Electronic book
Author Byrne, Noela, editor
Berg, Jenny, editor
ISBN 9781315114200
1315114208