Families in Transformation: A Psychoanalytic Approach

Families in Transformation: A Psychoanalytic Approach
ISBN-10
0429913583
ISBN-13
9780429913587
Category
Psychology
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2018-05-01
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Pierre Benghozi

Description

Families in Transformation is a collection of essays by eminent scholars on the psychoanalysis of couples and families and provides a wide ranging and articulated picture of the current situation in Europe. The reader will find various psychoanalytical models applied in it: from object relations theory to group analysis to the theory of links, encountering the lively and rich French, Italian, and British schools at work in different settings. Themes range from myths to secrets, to incest and the brotherly dimension of families; from adoptive families to the conflicts over separation, in addition to papers discussing perverse and violent couples. The book shows how it is possible to put together an understanding of the individual's internal world with the interpersonal dynamics of families, their bonds and relations, expressed in somatic and active terms at the inter- and trans-generational level.

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