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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781560803321

Autore

Zeitner Richard M.

Titolo

Self within marriage : the foundation for lasting relationships / / Richard M. Zeitner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-84308-6

1-283-35372-5

9786613353726

0-203-83340-6

1-136-84309-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Classificazione

PSY036000PSY041000

Disciplina

616.89/1562

Soggetti

Marital psychotherapy

Couples therapy

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

Front Cover; Self Within Marriage; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. That Vital Balance; Chapter 2. The Incomplete Self; Chapter 3. You Complete Me; Chapter 4. Marriage and Other Loving Partnerships; Chapter 5. Functions of Sexuality in the Adult Partnership; Chapter 6. The Centrality of the Selfdyad in the Dynamic Organization of the Couple; Chapter 7. Context, Relationship Maintenance, and Repair; Chapter 8. When the Self Fails to Flourish; Chapter 9. Introspection and Its Enemies; Chapter 10. Considerations for Treatment

Epilogue: The Person Within the TherapistReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Self Within Marriage combines the theoretical orientations of object-relations theory, self psychology, and systems theory to illustrate and discuss a way of understanding and working with couples and individuals whose relationship and emotional difficulties have centered on the very common conundrum of balancing individuality and intimacy in romantic relationships. Based on detailed case examples and couples therapy techniques, Self Within Marriage provides individual and analytic therapists with a refreshing new framework for working with



clients and for helping them understand who they are as individuals and as partners"--