Object Relations Couple Therapy

Northvale, N.J.: Aronson, 1991. First edition, fifth printing. Grey octavo, xii, 314 pages illustrations; 24 cm Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, extremely light soiling to covers, sparse pencil to few pages, bright pages in tight binding, else Near Fine(-). Paperback. ISBN: 1568214367

Inscribed and signed by authors. Marital psychotherapy. Contents: Part I. Object relations -- An object relations approach to intimacy and sexuality -- A therapeutic approach to marriage and sexuality -- Object relations theory and projective identification in marriage -- Models of therapy -- Part II. Evaluation and therapy of marital problems -- The assessment process -- The technique of couple therapy -- The early phase of therapy -- The management of impasse: midphase therapy with an apparently impossible couple -- Part III. The treatment of sexual disorders -- The technique of sex therapy -- A couple in sex therapy with concurrent individual and family therapy -- Treating the family ramifications of sexual difficulty -- Part IV. Special topics -- The treatment of extramarital affairs -- Homosexuality and perversion in marital therapy -- Part V. Endings -- Termination and follow-up -- Epilogue.