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TOWARD AN OBJECT‐RELATIONS APPROACH IN PSYCHOANALYTIC MARITAL THERAPY *
Author(s) -
Finkelstein Lionel
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1987.tb00707.x
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , marital therapy , object relations theory , psychology , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , object (grammar) , psychoanalytic therapy , computer science , artificial intelligence
The purpose of this paper is to describe the features which distinguish psychoanalytic marital therapy from other forms of marital therapy, to describe briefly how important classical psychoanalytic concepts can be applied to marital therapy, to present in somewhat greater detail the author's view of how object‐relations theories and, particularly, the work of three authors, Fairbairn, Kohut and Gilligan, can be applied to psychoanalytic marital therapy, and finally, to indicate certain directions for further study.