1st Edition
Siblings in Development A Psychoanalytic View
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Siblings play an integral and essential part in our psychic development. Traditionally in psychoanalytic thinking, sibling relationships are regarded as secondary in developmental importance to the relationships with the parents. The authors in this book challenge this view and explore the impact of sibling relationships on internal psychic structures, family and social relationships. They suggest... Read more
Introduction -- Conference -- When two become four: A two-year observation of dizygotic twin infant girls in their family setting -- Tsunami Boy -- The influence of conjoined twins on each other -- Twinship: a unique sibling relationship -- Conference 2 -- Siblings in development: towards a metapsychology -- Sibling incest -- Conference 3 -- Developing a sense of identity as an individual -- Taking account of siblings—a view from child psychotherapy -- Conference 4 -- Twin development: Professor Alessandra Piontelli
Biography
Lewin, Vivienne
