Repairing Intimacy: An Object Relations Approach to Couples Therapy: An Object Relations Approach to Couples Therapy (The Library of Object Relations)

Author: Judith SiegelPublisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.Paperback:ISBN 10: 1568217625ISBN 13: 978-1568217628By drawing upon object relations concepts, the couples therapist is able to work with both the intrapsychic makeup of the partners and their ways of relating as a couple. Review This book will be especially useful to those working with narcissistically vulnerable couples, where a focus on communication and simple family-of-origin connections is not enough. Repairing Intimacy is an exciting addition to any couples therapist's library. It has already influenced my own couples work. (Judith Nelsen, Ph.D.)Siegel's description of work with borderline and narcissistic patients makes clear why short-term treatments do not work and why so many couples become treatment failures because therapists cannot handle their own countertransference reactions to the couples' projections. She shows the reader how to engage the couple, provide a hold