A Self Psychologist in Couplesland: Multisubjective Approach to Transference and Countertransference-Like Phenomena in Marital Relationships

This essay introduces the reader to some basic self psychological concepts that have useful applications to couples therapy. Two points are highlighted. First, the therapist must be constantly aware of the narcissistic vulnerability of each of the participants. Second, the working through of transfe...

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Published in:Family process 1995-12, Vol.34 (4), p.427-439
Main Author: LIVINGSTON, MARTIN S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Empathy
Female
Humans
Judgment
Male
Marital psychotherapy
Marital Therapy - methods
Medical sciences
Models, Psychological
Narcissism
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Self Concept
Transference (Psychology)
Treatments
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Summary:This essay introduces the reader to some basic self psychological concepts that have useful applications to couples therapy. Two points are highlighted. First, the therapist must be constantly aware of the narcissistic vulnerability of each of the participants. Second, the working through of transference and countertransference‐like experiences within the marital dyad is just as central to an understanding of the curative process in couples treatment as it is within the patient/therapist dyad in individual treatment.
ISSN:0014-7370
1545-5300
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1995.00427.x