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Author Fisher, James V.

Title The uninvited guest : emerging from narcissism towards marriage / James V. Fisher ; foreword by Alberto Hahn.

Publication Info. London : Karnac Books, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 305 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index.
Contents 1. Winter's Tale: marriage and re-marriage -- 2. False-self couple: seeking truth and being true -- 3. Gathering of the transference -- 4. Duet for one? Two people or a couple? -- 5. Separations and the capacity to mourn -- 6. That which couples bring to therapy -- 7. Couple stories and couple dreams -- 8. Uninvited guest -- 9. Hell is oneself, the others merely projections -- 10. Making the best of a bad job -- 11. A sado-masochistic folie à deux -- 12. Termination: Othello's version of Eliot's "two Ways".
Summary "A fascinating and imaginative book combining psychoanalytic theory and literature - in particular classic plays about marriage and married couples - to help couples therapists as they piece together their clients' histories and stories during the therapeutic process. A profound yet accessible guide of interest to clinicians and non-clinicians alike"--EBL.
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Subject Narcissism.
Narcissism.
Love.
Love.
Marriage -- Psychological aspects.
Marriage -- Psychological aspects.
Interpersonal relations.
Interpersonal relations.
Marital psychotherapy.
Marital psychotherapy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Marriage.
Added Title Emerging from narcissism towards marriage
Note At head of title on cover: Tavistock Marital Studies Institute
Other Form: Print version: Fisher, James V. Uninvited guest. London : Karnac Books, 1999 1855751968 (OCoLC)42354243
ISBN 9781849402699 (electronic book)
1849402698 (electronic book)
1855751968
9781855751965