| Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy: Foundations of Theory and Practice Contributor(s): Scharff, David E. (Editor), Scharff, Jill Savege (Editor) |
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ISBN: 036710203X ISBN-13: 9780367102036 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| Series: Library of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 8" W x 10" (2.14 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this time of vulnerable marriages and partnerships, many couples seek help for their relationships. Psychoanalytic couple therapy is a growing application of psychoanalysis for which training is not usually offered in most psychoanalytic and analytic psychotherapy programs.This book is both an advanced text for therapists and a primer for new students of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Its twenty-eight chapters cover the major ideas underlying the application of psychoanalysis to couple therapy, many clinical illustrations of cases and problems in various dimensions of the work. The international group of authors comes from the International Psychotherapy Institute based in Washington, DC, and the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (TCCR) in London. The result is a richly international perspective that nonetheless has theoretical and clinical coherence because of the shared vision of the authors. |