Couple Stories

<p>This book presents the application of key psychoanalytic concepts in thinking about the dynamics in the couple relationship. The contributions to the first part mainly theory discuss how different psychoanalytic ideas can be used in conceptualizing the nature of couple interaction. In the second part on clinical practice four couples tell their stories during their clinical sessions. </p><p>Couple Stories conveys a lively experience of the couple's relationships as these occur in the consulting room and there are several commentaries for each 'couple story'. Commentaries explore the concepts described in the earlier part of the book as well as clinical themes that couples bring to their sessions and the difficulties that they have encountered in the course of their relationship. Commentaries also provide an insight into how psychoanalytic couple therapists think about the clinical material what they might select as a focus and how they may go about developing a hypothesis about the nature of the relationship between the partners.</p>