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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465739003321

Autore

Klein Barbara <1945-, >

Titolo

Alone in the mirror : twins in therapy / / Barbara Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-66545-9

9786613642387

0-203-12417-0

1-136-34376-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

155.44/4

Soggetti

Twins - Psychology

Sibling attachment

Therapist and patient

Attachment behavior

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Epigraph""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Girl With Two Heads""; ""Chapter 1 The Real Facts About Twins""; ""Chapter 2 Unique Developmental Processes in Twins: Implications for Psychotherapy and Parenting""; ""Chapter 3 Always Close but Never One: Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Twins""; ""Chapter 4 Understanding Conflicting Attachments in Twins: The Resolution of Major Depressive Disorders""; ""Chapter 5 “Real� Differences Between Twins and Identity Development""

""Chapter 6 Looking at and Reactingto the Twin Attachment""""Chapter 7 What Is Lost When a Twin Dies?""; ""Chapter 8 Once a Twin, Always a Twin: Implications for Psychotherapy""; ""Chapter 9 Alone in the Mirror""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Alone in the Mirror: Twins in Therapy chronicles the triumphs and struggles of twins as they separate from one another and find their individuality in a world of non twins. The text is grounded in issues of



attachment and intimacy, and is highlighted by Dr. Barbara Klein's scholarly research, clinical experiences with twins in therapy, and her own identity struggles as a twin, all of which allow her to present insights into the rare, complicated, and misunderstood twin identity. She presents psychologically-focused real life histories, which demonstrate how childhood experiences shape the twin