An exploration of the psychoanalytic theory of object relations and its application to the study of marital and family interaction. Integrating various approaches, the study includes the breakdown of marital relationships, narcissism of partners, role typing, entrapping and emotional processes. Num Pages: 201 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMAF; JMAL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499. . 1990. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Object Relations and the Family Process
Publisher: Praeger (UK)
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0275932680
ISBN 13: 9780275932688
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Joining two usually distinct areas of psychoanalytic treatment, this volume explores the psychoanalytic theory of object relations and its application to the study of marital and family interaction. Freud's object relations model lends itself well to the study of internalized object relations and external personal relations. Integrating various psychoanalytic approaches as well as contributions of Piagetian scholars, this essay also incorporates general systems theory. The study covers the breakdown of marital relationships, narcissism of partners, separation and individuation of adolescent offspring, role typing, family communication, defense mechanisms, entrapping, and emotional processes. It concludes with a synthesis of marital and family object relations models.

Object Relations and the Family Process introduces the reader to the object relations model. It describes the process of acquiring object concepts of both permanence and libidinal strivings. The concept of libidinal object is then defined. An overview of the psychoanalytic theory of object relations is given and the intrapersonal and interpersonal spheres of object relations are described. The remainder of the book is devoted to the author's presentation of his hypothetical model. Both psychoanalysts and therapists will find this model a useful one.

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RANDALL S. KLEIN is in private practice of the psychoanalytic psychotheraphy of individuals, couples, and families in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

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