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 Repairing Intimacy 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...
Judith Siegel, Ph.D., is associate professor at the New York University School of Social Work.
This book will be especially useful to those working with narcissistically vulnerable couples, where a focus on communication and simple family-of-origin connections is not enough. Repairing Intimacy is an exciting addition to any couples therapist's library. It has already influenced my own couples work. (Judith Nelsen, Ph.D.)
Siegel's description of work with borderline and narcissistic patients makes clear why short-term treatments do not work and why so many couples become...
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