Couples in collusion / by Jürg Willi.
| Author/creator | Willi, Jürg |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : J. Aronson in collaboration with Hunter House, ©1982. |
| Description | 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Zweierbeziehung. English |
| Contents | Introduction -- 1. Collusion and the battle of the sexes. The behavior of females in therapy ; The behavior of males in therapy ; Behavorial differences between men and women determined by partner orientation ; Implications for contemporary society ; Perspective on the future -- 2. Dynamic principles of partner relationships. The demarcation principle ; Progressive and regressive defense behavior ; The balance of self-esteem -- 3. The phases of marriage and their typical crises. The formation of the stable couple ; Construction and creativity ; Mid-life crisis ; Marriage in old age -- 4. The concept of collusion. An example -- 5. Patterns of collusion. Love as oneness in narcissistic collusion ; Love as caring and nourishing in oral collusion ; Love as security through dependence in anal-sadistic collusion ; Love as confirmation of masculinity in phallic-Oedipal collusion ; Collusion patterns are not marriage categories -- 6. Collusion: the unconscious interplay of partners. Intraindividual balance ; Interindividual balance ; Conjunction of intraindividual and interindividual balances ; Partners' common unconscious ; From partner choice to marital conflict ; Collusive stalemate ; Divorce and resolution of collusion -- 7. Collusion and partner choice. A key-in-lock operation or a process of mutual adjustment? ; Is every martial conflict collusive? ; Bibliographical references to collusion and collusive group processes -- 8. Triangulation of couple conflict. Alliance against a threatening third person ; The third person as a buffer and mediator ; The third person as a partner in a unilateral alliance ; Distribution of roles in the marital triangle ; The role of children in marital conflict -- 9. Psychosomatic illness of the couple. Psychosomatic symptoms as neutralizers ; Psychosomatic illness as a joint defense syndrome ; Psychosomatic communication ; Dialectics of debit and credit ; Help-rejection as a symptom of illness ; Forms of psychosomatic illness of the couple ; Psychosomatic collusion in the doctor-patient relationship -- 10. Changing theraputic perspectives. Difficulties for the psychoanalyst in couples therapy ; The effect of individual psychoanalysis on partner conflict ; The therapist in collusion with his client --as analogy to the client's marriage ; Goals of joint therapy ; Applying the concept of collusion to marriage therapy -- Appendix. A case model: Ingmar's Bergman's Scenes from a marriage -- Brief glossary of terms -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| General note | Translation of: Die Zweierbeziehung. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index. |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Willi, Jürg. Zweierbeziehung. English. Couples in collusion. New York : J. Aronson in collaboration with Hunter House, c1982 |
| LCCN | 78070619 |
| ISBN | 0876684894 |
| ISBN | 9780876684894 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | RC488.5 .W5613 1982 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |