Couples in collusion / by Jürg Willi.

Author/creator Willi, Jürg
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : J. Aronson in collaboration with Hunter House, ©1982.
Description265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleZweierbeziehung. 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 noteTranslation of: Die Zweierbeziehung.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index.
Other formsAlso issued online.
Issued in other formOnline version: Willi, Jürg. Zweierbeziehung. English. Couples in collusion. New York : J. Aronson in collaboration with Hunter House, c1982
LCCN 78070619
ISBN0876684894
ISBN9780876684894

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Joyner General Stacks RC488.5 .W5613 1982 ✔ Available Place Hold