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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453458503321

Autore

Lewin Vivienne

Titolo

The Twin in the Transference / / Vivienne Lewin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-90833-4

0-367-10279-X

0-429-48356-2

1-78241-211-5

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

155.444

Soggetti

Twins - Psychology

Twins

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section 1: Twins and Twinning; Chapter 1: Twinning: The Creation of a Phantasy Twin; Chapter 2: Twins in Myths and Legends; Chapter 3: Cleaving Together: Developmental Processes in Twins; Chapter 4: Mothers and Twins: 'A Walking Crowd'; Section 2: The Twin and the Transference; Chapter 5: The Twin in the Transference: A Developing Understanding; Chapter 6: From Narcissistic Twin Bond to an Individual Sense of Self; Chapter 7: Enactment of the Transference Twin: Individual Development and Regression

Chapter 8: Enactment in Transition and the Fragmentation of the SelfChapter 9: Psychoanalytic Fallout: The Threat of Separateness; Section 3: Enduring Issues; Chapter 10: The Psyche-Soma; Chapter 11: Intimate Relations; Chapter 12: Till Death us do Part; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The universal phantasy of having a twin originates in our earliest relational experiences. This book is about twins and twinning processes. The existence of an actual twin, alive or dead, may be experienced as an embodiment of the phantasy of having a twin, with developmental consequences. Twinning processes in twins lead to the



creation of an internal twin relationship that is enduring. The twin relationship may be at the narcissistic end of the spectrum leading to an enmeshed twinship, or it may be a more mature object relationship. All twin relationships will be manifest in the transference relationship with the analyst. The twin transference has been largely neglected in the psychoanalytic literature, to the detriment of our understanding of dynamic processes in twin patients. In this book, case material is used to explore the nature of the twin transference relationship and the necessity of analysing the twin transference, as well as maternal and paternal transference relationships.