Object Relations Couple Therapy
- ISBN-10
- 1461629780
- ISBN-13
- 9781461629788
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-04-01
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson, Incorporated
- Authors
- David E. Scharff, Jill Savege Scharff
Description
In this landmark book, David Scharff and Jill Savege Scharff, both psychoanalysts, develop a way of thinking about and working with the couple as a small group of two, held together as a tightly knit system by a commitment that is powerfully reinforced by the bond of mutual sexual pleasure.
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