Object relations and the family process

Abstract

Preface The Marital and Family Object Relations Model: A Conceptual Base The Acquisition of the Concepts of Permanent and Libidinal Objects Toward a Definition of the Object, Its Origins, and Its Functions Object Relations Theory Internal-External Polarities in Integration: The Intrapsychic and the Interpersonal The Internal World of Object Relations The Interpersonal Realm of Object Relations Object Relations and Marital Partner Selection Marital Object Relations in Process Marital Object-Relational Breakdown Patterns of Marital Object Relations: Dyadic Narcissism Familial Object Relations and the Task of Separation-Individuation Familial Object-Relational Role Typing Object Relations and the Saliency of the Family Synergism Familial Object Relations and the Defensive Menagerie Familial Narcissistic Object Relations Further Study of Familial Narcissistic Object Relations Familial Object Relations and the Entrapping Emotional Process A Synthesis of the Marital and Family Object Relations Model Bibliography Index