Three-Factor Model of Couples Therapy (eBook)

Projective Identification, Couple Object Relations, and Omnipotent Control

Robert Mendelsohn (Autor)

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2017
284 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5708-5 (ISBN)

Infos

In A Three-Factor Model of Couples Therapy, the author presents a new schema of psychodynamic couples therapy that includes a three-factor model for understanding and treating couples. These three factors are: projective identification, couple object relations, and omnipotent control.

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Couple psychotherapy extends the work of the psychotherapist to the patient's most significant committed adult relationship, yet the therapy is difficult both conceptually and technically. One major reason for this difficulty is that in every couple's treatment there is a confusing array of psychological defenses as well as regressive and nonregressive couple object relations-as distinct from the object relations that each individual member brings to the couple. Further, many of these processes are occurring outside consciousness and at the very same time. This book is an attempt to clarify all the confusing issues by presenting a three-factor model of couple psychotherapy within a psychodynamic framework. This model has been found to be very effective with many different kinds of couples. The book suggests that there are three powerful couple dynamics that shape every couple's treatment: (A) the quality and quantity of the couple's projective identifications; (B) the level of their ';couple object relations'; and (C) the presence or absence of the defense of omnipotent control. These three variables are the most important factors in the therapy; they determine the success or failure of every therapy with every couple. These dynamics also determine quite a bit about how to conduct a couple therapy with regard to the therapist's level of activity, tone, the way of sorting the material in his or her head, and even the kinds of interventions he/she chooses (whether or not, for example, the therapist will use certain resistance techniques). Understanding these three variables and how they interact is key to the success of the therapy.

Autor

Robert Mendelsohn is professor of psychology at the Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University.

Inhalt

Chapter 4: Factor Three: Omnipotent ControlChapter 5: Theoretical Implications: The Role Of Projective Identification and Unconscious Enactments Chapter 6: Clinical and Technical Implications Chapter 7: Clinical And Technical Innovations: Projective Identification and Special Techniques For Working With Resistance In Couple Therapy

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.8.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Schlagworte: Couple Psychotherapy • object relations • Projective Identification • Psychodynamic Couple Therapy
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5708-2 / 1498557082
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5708-5 / 9781498557085