TY - GEN AU - Morgan,Mary TI - A couple state of mind : : psychoanalysis of couples and the Tavistock Relationships Model T2 - Library of couple and family psychoanalysis SN - 9781138624962 PY - 2019/// CY - Abingdon PB - Routledge KW - Couples therapy KW - Psychoanalytic method KW - Psychoanalytic theory KW - Psychotherapy KW - Relationships N1 - Series Editor Foreword by Susanna Abse Foreword by Ronald Britton 1. A Psychoanalytic Understanding of the Couple Relationship: Past, Present, and Future 2. Assessment 3. Engaging a Couple in Treatment and Establishing a Couple Analytic Setting 4. Unconscious Phantasy, Shared Unconscious Phantasy and Shared Defence, Unconscious Beliefs and Fantasy 5. Transference and Countertransference and the Living Inner World of the Couple 6. Projective Identification and the Couple Projective System 7. Narcissism and Sharing Psychic Space 8. The Couples Psychic Development, Sex, Gender and Sexualities 9. Interpretation 10. Endings and the Aim of Couple Therapy N2 - A Couple State of Mind is a much anticipated book aimed at an international audience of practitioners, students and teachers of psychoanalytic couple therapy, describes the Tavistock Relationships model of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy, drawing on both historical and contemporary ideas, including the author's own theoretical contributions. The book references contemporary influences of other psychoanalytic approaches to couples, particularly from an international perspective. It will be invaluable for all students learning about psychoanalytic work with couples for other psychoanalytic practitioners interested in this field ER -