Families in Transformation: A Psychoanalytic Approach (The EFPP Monograph Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780491115 ISBN 13: 9781780491110

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Pierre Benghozi

Review:

"This brilliant book has long been awaited in the psychoanalytic community. It details in an exhaustive way the state of the art in the field of psychoanalytic family therapy, and describes the current approach to the theory of couples and families and to clinical work, as well as the different shades of meaning developed by the most prominent contemporary authors writing on this subject. This work is not only for family therapists, but also addresses the entire psychoanalytic community. Gone are the times when it was commonplace to say that family therapy was opposed to individual therapy. Now such opposition has been overcome in favor of synergy, and this book convincingly shows how this shift has taken place. The authors have drawn in a creative way from different areas of knowledge, reaping a wealth of theories, perspectives, and clinical evidence that will enrich all therapists." (Antonino Ferro, President)

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1780491115
• ISBN 13: 9781780491110
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Benghozi Pierre, Lucarelli Daniela, Nicolo Anna Maria