Repairing Intimacy An Object Relations Approach to Couples Therapy

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ISBN: 9780876684597 | 0876684592
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/1992

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By drawing upon object relations concepts, the couples therapist is able to work with both the intrapsychic makeup of the partners and their ways of relating as a couple.

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Acknowledgment
Preface
Introduction
Object Relations Theory
Application of Object Relations Theory to Marital Treatment	p. 3
The Content of the Representational World	p. 9
The Functions of the Representational World	p. 23
Investing Resources in the New Object	p. 27
The Structure of the Representational World	p. 35
Boundaries in the Marital Relationship	p. 51
Splitting and Marital Stability	p. 55
The Couple in Context	p. 59
Practice: The Beginning Phase
Engaging the Couple in Treatment	p. 69
Creating the Holding Environment	p. 73
Assessing the Couple's Commitment	p. 81
Instilling Hope	p. 87
Analysis of Projective Identifications	p. 93
Analysis of Countertransference	p. 103
Modifying the Splitting	p. 109
Empathic Listening	p. 115
Setting Limits on Destructive Behavior	p. 125
Practice: The Middle Phase
Stabilizing versus Insight-Oriented Treatment	p. 133
Long-Term Stabilizing Treatment	p. 137
Short-Term Stabilizing Treatment	p. 155
Insight-Oriented Treatment	p. 167
Practice: Termination
Planned Termination	p. 183
Premature Termination	p. 197
Treatment Issues
Conjoint versus Concurrent Treatment	p. 207
Collateral Marital Treatment	p. 233
Reaching the Couple through Family or Individual Therapy	p. 245
The Outcome of Successful Marital Treatment	p. 255
References	p. 259
Index	p. 269
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